Huntsville International Airport 1 hr 20
Pope's Tavern Museum (13 min) Museum on local & Civil War history in a tavern/inn used as both a Union & Confederate hospital. Florence Indian Mound and Museum (11 min) Museum displaying Native American artifacts at a 43-ft.-high earthen mound built around 500 BCE. TVA Muscle Shoals Trails Complex (8 min) Frank Lloyd Wright - Rosenbaum House Museum (11 min) Tours of Wright's only Alabama building, a 1939 middle-income Usonian home with later expansions. Wilson Park (11 min) Grassy outdoor retreat offering a sizable fountain, park benches & a commemorative statue. Muscle Shoals Sound Studios (4 min) Guided tours at a studio famed for recording albums by the likes of Bob Dylan & The Rolling Stones. W C Handy Museum (14 min) Rustic 1873 log cabin, the birthplace of renowned blues musician W.C. Handy, now a museum & library. Mississippi Blues Trail – W.C. Handy Birthplace (13 min) Old Railroad Bridge (5 min) McFarland Park (5 min) Waterfront city park with campsites, a beach area, fishing piers, ball fields & floating restaurant. Kennedy - Douglass Center For The Arts (13 min) Art museum, museum, and art Helen Keller Birthplace (12 min) Preserved 1820s childhood home of Helen Keller, offering guided tours & summer theatrical shows. Spring Park (15 min) A large manmade waterfall presents light shows at this city park with jet fountains in a pond. Alabama Music Hall of Fame (16 min) Museum dedicated to Alabama's famous musicians, featuring memorabilia & a working recording studio. |