Things to do in North Alabama

Take a guided tour of Studios A and B, where Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett and Etta James recorded.

Muscle Shoals, AL

Tour Helen Keller's childhood home and see the well pump where she first connected words to the world.

Tuscumbia, AL

Take a guided tour of the 1969 studio where the Rolling Stones, Aretha Franklin and Bob Dylan recorded.

Sheffield, AL

Drive the 12.7-mile tour road through the 1862 Shiloh battlefield, past the Hornets' Nest, the Peach Orchard and the national cemetery.

Shiloh, TN

See a Saturn V moon rocket, the Pathfinder shuttle stack and hands-on space exhibits at the home of Space Camp in Huntsville.

Huntsville, ALTransit: reachable by public transit

An art museum in downtown Huntsville, Alabama, set in Big Spring Park, with rotating exhibitions and a collection of artworks.

Huntsville, ALTransit: reachable by public transit

A Civil War battlefield near Tupelo, Mississippi, where Confederate forces under Nathan Bedford Forrest won a notable 1864 engagement.

Tupelo, MS

Botanical garden in Huntsville, Alabama, known for a butterfly house, themed gardens, and seasonal exhibits.

Huntsville, ALTransit: reachable by public transit

A 2,140-acre state park on Monte Sano Mountain east of Huntsville, known for overlooks, trails, and CCC-era cabins.

Huntsville, AL

An open-air museum on Round Top Mountain in Huntsville, built around a historic mansion and 19th-century rural structures.

Huntsville, AL

A 2,550-acre Alabama state park on Wheeler Lake offering a resort lodge, golf, a marina, camping, and trails.

Rogersville, AL

Volunteer-run railroad museum in Chase, east of Huntsville, centered on a historic union depot and rolling stock.

Chase, AL