Metropolitan

Attractions

The only Mercedes-Benz museum outside of Germany. Several vintage Mercedes vehicles on display. Reservation recommended for plant tours.
Admission: Free
Accepted: Travelers Checks, MasterCard, Visa, American Express
USGA slope rating 122. Number of holes: 18 Par: 72 Championship Yardage: 6641 yds.
Admission: Unknown
Accepted: Personal Checks, Travelers Checks
Quality antique furniture, glassware, collectibles, primitives, pottery, linens and much more.
Admission: Free
Accepted: Personal Checks, MasterCard, Visa
Open to public. Pro shop, driving range, snack bar. Memberships and lessons available.
Admission: Unknown
Accepted: Travelers Checks, MasterCard, Visa
1800s plantation owned by same family since 1819. Country store, smokehouse, log cotton seed house. Weaving, carriage and tenant houses. Blacksmith shop, grist mill, barns, more. 6 mi./9.5 km west of Marion.
Admission: Admission charged
Accepted: Personal Checks
Family-owned vineyards and state-of-the-art winery. Southern-style wines made from blueberries, apples and muscadines. Winery tours daily. Free wine tastings in gift shop.
Admission: Free
Accepted: Personal Checks, Travelers Checks, MasterCard, Visa, American Express, Discover
26 large prehistoric platform mounds in 320-acre park. Attractions include reconstructed Indian village, museum, nature trails, campground, temple mound and picnic sites on banks of Black Warrior River. National Landmark Site.
Admission: Admission charged
Accepted: Personal Checks, Travelers Checks, MasterCard, Visa
Scheduled to open May 2004; no facilities available yet. New refuge established 2003. 7000 acres with a few trails currently available.
Admission: Free
Covers 96 acres with more than 1000 dealers and 2.6 mi./4 km of continuous shopping. Voted Alabama's top flea market 2 years running. Voted by national magazine as one of the top flea markets to visit.
Admission: Free
Home of 1st licensed Black mortician in west Alabama. Period furniture, irons and kettles, combs and curlers used by African-Americans. Exhibit rooms featuring Murphy family memorabilia, displays on local history, African art and artifacts.
Admission: Admission Charged
Accepted: Personal Checks, Travelers Checks
Alabama's largest memorabilia collection: rare books, newspapers, magazines, posters, signs, more. Walking distance of Alabama Theatre, McWane Center and Civil Rights Institute. Tours available.
Admission: Free
Accepted: Personal Checks, Travelers Checks, Credit Cards (call for specifics)
Falls cascade 90 feet over Lookout Mountain ledge into lush ravine. Home to Gilliland-Reese Covered Bridge, park features botanical garden, pioneer homestead, nature trails, picnic areas. Year-round campground. Train ride, petting zoo.
Admission: Admission charged
Accepted: Personal Checks, Travelers Checks, MasterCard, Visa
18-hole golf course, demonstration farm, horseback riding stable, swimming, campsites, cabins, picnic shelters, fishing, marina, bike and hiking trails on 9940 beautiful acres.
Admission: Admission charged
Accepted: American Express, MasterCard, Travelers Checks, Visa
Championship course with Bermuda greens and fairways, meandering water. Driving range and putting green; flat layout.
Admission: Unknown
Accepted: Travelers Checks, MasterCard, Visa, American Express
Admission: Free
Golf Digest: one of the top 5 affordable courses in the nation. Manicured greens, challenging fairways, superb value. Number of holes: 18 Par: 72 Championship Yardage: 7041 yds.
Admission: Unknown
Accepted: Personal Checks, Travelers Checks, MasterCard, Visa
Compilation of artifacts and memorabilia relating to history of people of St. Clair and surrounding counties.
Admission: Admission Charged
Constructed in 1910 as dairy complex. Abandoned barn structures were transformed into state-of-the-art restaurant & meeting center in 2000. Tours available upon request.
Admission: Free
Accepted: Personal Checks, Travelers Checks, MasterCard, Visa, American Express, Discover

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