Sightseeing
Iconic16th Street Baptist Church
Under $25Tour the 1911 church where a 1963 Ku Klux Klan bombing killed four girls, a landmark of the civil rights era.
Birmingham, AL
Area guide · Alabama, USA
Things to do in Greater Birmingham
Civil rights history, an old iron furnace and motorcycles, with Mount Cheaha to the east
- Sightseeing
- Museums
- Sport & Outdoor
- Attractions
- Nearest airport: BHM, about 16 miles
Start here
Three to see first in Greater Birmingham
Museums
Rainy-Day PickBarber Vintage Motorsports Museum
$25–$50See more than 1,000 motorcycles on display from over a century of production, plus a large collection of Lotus race cars.
Birmingham, AL
Museums
History BuffBirmingham Civil Rights Institute
Under $25Walk through self-guided galleries that trace the Birmingham Campaign and the wider American civil rights movement.
Birmingham, AL
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Sightseeing
Iconic16th Street Baptist Church
Under $25Tour the 1911 church where a 1963 Ku Klux Klan bombing killed four girls, a landmark of the civil rights era.
Museums
Rainy-Day PickBarber Vintage Motorsports Museum
$25–$50See more than 1,000 motorcycles on display from over a century of production, plus a large collection of Lotus race cars.
Museums
History BuffBirmingham Civil Rights Institute
Under $25Walk through self-guided galleries that trace the Birmingham Campaign and the wider American civil rights movement.
Sport & Outdoor
Outdoor AdventureCheaha State Park
Under $25Hike to granite overlooks and climb a stone tower on Cheaha Mountain, the highest point in Alabama.
Sightseeing
History BuffSloss Furnaces
FreeWalk among the blast furnaces and machinery of a Birmingham pig iron plant that ran from 1882 to 1971.
Attractions
IconicTalladega Superspeedway
Under $25See NASCAR's 2.66-mile tri-oval with 33-degree banked turns, on race weekends or at the motorsports hall of fame next door.
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About
About Greater Birmingham
Greater Birmingham sits in central Alabama. In the city, the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute stands across the street from the 16th Street Baptist Church, Sloss Furnaces preserves a 32-acre blast furnace plant that made iron for nearly 100 years, and Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum holds more than 750 motorcycles. East of Birmingham are Talladega Superspeedway and Cheaha State Park, where Cheaha Mountain is the highest point in Alabama at 2,407 feet.