The amusement park as we know it today, with concessions and mechanical rides, dates back to the mid-1800s. In Alabama, the earliest park was likely Birmingham’s East Lake Park, which opened in 1886.

There’s a certain charm to places that seem frozen in time, where each creaky floorboard and weathered porch has a story to tell. When a friend of mine told me about Old Alabama Town during a ...

People who aren’t from Alabama often don’t realize the wide-ranging natural beauty found here. We have mountains, white-sand beaches, remnants of once-vast prairies, red clay, the rich soil of the ...