Tours
History BuffFAME Recording Studios
Under $25Take a guided tour of Studios A and B, where Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett and Etta James recorded.
Area guide · Alabama, USA
Things to do in North Alabama
Muscle Shoals studios, Helen Keller's birthplace and Huntsville's rockets
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- Sightseeing
- Museums
- Nearest airport: MSL, about 5 miles
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Sightseeing
History BuffIvy Green
Under $25Tour Helen Keller's childhood home and see the well pump where she first connected words to the world.
Tours
IconicMuscle Shoals Sound Studio
$25–$50Take a guided tour of the 1969 studio where the Rolling Stones, Aretha Franklin and Bob Dylan recorded.
Sightseeing
History BuffShiloh National Military Park
FreeDrive the 12.7-mile tour road through the 1862 Shiloh battlefield, past the Hornets' Nest, the Peach Orchard and the national cemetery.
Museums
IconicU.S. Space & Rocket Center
$25–$50See a Saturn V moon rocket, the Pathfinder shuttle stack and hands-on space exhibits at the home of Space Camp in Huntsville.
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About
About North Alabama
North Alabama follows the Tennessee River from the Shoals cities of Florence, Muscle Shoals, Sheffield and Tuscumbia east to Huntsville. FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals and Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Sheffield recorded artists such as Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, the Rolling Stones and Lynyrd Skynyrd. Tuscumbia is home to Ivy Green, Helen Keller's birthplace, and Huntsville has the U.S. Space & Rocket Center.