The 7 Wonders of Alabama

Cool Maps: 7 Wonders

Vulcan Statue

"The Vulcan statue is the largest cast iron statue in the world and the symbol of Birmingham, Alabama. "

Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament

"The Altars, designed by TAG in Madrid, were fabricated in Italy with unparalleled skill by Savema, of Bianco Sivec marble from Macedonia. The capitals of the Altar pillars are of the same marble, hand-carved, and gold-leafed. The Altars are inlaid with mosaics of glass and gold, commissioned by Masonry Arts. The mosaics were created by artisans in Pietrasanta, Italy, using a 400 year old method of hand-chiseling and fitting."

Oak Mountain State Park

"Oak Mountain State Park is Alabama's largest state park at nearly 10,000 acres.. "

Birmingham Civil Rights Institute

"Birmingham Civil Rights Institute is a large interpretive museum and research center that features the struggles of the American Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s. "

Alabama Theatre

"The Alabama Theatre in Birmingham, Alabama is a movie palace built in 1927 by the Paramount-Publix Corporation. Seating about 2500 people at the time, it was one of the larger movie theatres built in Birmingham and is the only one remaining of its size from that era."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama_Theatre

Little River Canyon National Preserve

"The Little River flows for almost its entire length down the middle of Lookout Mountain in northeast Alabama. Over eons of geologic time, Little River has carved out one of the Southeast's deepest canyons as it winds its way from headwaters in Georgia before exiting the mountain and emptying into Weiss Lake near Leesburg, Alabama."

US Space and Rocket Center

"The U.S. Space and Rocket Center is a museum designed to showcase the hardware of the U.S. space program. The idea was first proposed by Dr.Wernher von Braun, while serving as director of the Marshall Space Flight Center. "