Activities & Sightseeing
Civil Rights Memorial | 400 Washington Ave, Montgomery, AL 36104
The Civil Rights Memorial is a memorial in Montgomery, Alabama, to 41 people who were killed in the struggle for the equal and integrated treatment of all people, regardless of race, during the 1954-1968 civil rights movement in the United States. The memorial is sponsored by the Southern Poverty Law Center. The Civil Rights Memorial Center is currently closed until further notice. The Memorial remains accessible 24/7.
Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Museum | 919 Felder Ave # 919, Montgomery, AL 36106
The Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Museum is the only museum dedicated to the lives and legacies of F. Scott & Zelda Fitzgerald in the world. The Fitzgeralds lived here from 1931 until 1932, writing portions of their respective novels, Save Me The Waltz and Tender Is The Night during their time in Montgomery. The Fitzgerald Museum will reopen to the public Thursday July 2 and will have limited hours of 10am to 3pm Thursday, Friday, and Saturday for July.
Rosa Parks Museum and Library | 252 Montgomery St, Montgomery, AL 36104
Troy University’s Rosa Parks Museum is an active memorial to the life of civil rights icon Rosa Parks and the lessons of the Montgomery Bus Boycott that brought racial integration to transportation and international attention to civil rights. Located in downtown Montgomery, Alabama at the site where Mrs. Parks was arrested, it is the nation’s only museum dedicated to Rosa Parks. Our mission is to honor her legacy and that of the boycott by providing a platform for scholarly dialogue, civic engagement, and positive social change. Open Monday through Friday, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
Jackson Lake Island and the Spectre Set Ruins | Millbrook, AL 36054
Jackson Lake Island, a 20-minute drive from Montgomery, Alabama, is a small recreational island used by locals for boating and fishing, though the park receives visitors interested in another feature of the island, it's use as a filming location for Tim Burton's 2003 movie, Big Fish. Entrance to the park is $3 per person, and this is payable by depositing cash into an envelope at the entrance gate and then calling a phone number to receive the gate code.
Montgomery RV Park/Airbnb:
Capital City RV Park | 4655 Old Wetumpka Hwy, Montgomery, AL 36110
Callaway Gardens | 17800 US Hwy 27, Pine Mountain, GA 31822
Step into a world where butterflies alight on your shoulder. Where birds of prey steal your gaze. And the stress of your daily routine melts into a sea of vibrant azaleas. Where you stumble upon charming stone chapels. And listen to the chirps of woodland birds as you stroll past fragrant blossoms and pine trees. Callaway Resort & Gardens brims as much with history as it does with flora and fauna, inviting you to explore, learn, and take in both a rich past and the wonders of nature at your own pace. Come for a visit – the air is different out here. More info on openings HERE
F.D. Roosevelt State Park | 2970 GA-190, Pine Mountain, GA 31822
At 9,049 acres, Georgia’s largest state park is a hiker’s and backpacker’s haven. More than 40 miles of trails, including the popular 23 mile Pine Mountain Trail, wind through hardwood and pines, over creeks and past small waterfalls. Many visitors are surprised to find rolling mountains 80 miles southwest of Atlanta. Above King’s Gap is Dowdell’s Knob where President Franklin D. Roosevelt sometimes picnicked and pondered world affairs. A life-size sculpture of the president now welcomes visitors to the overlook. More info on hiking trails HERE
Auburn University is a public research and land-grant university in Auburn Alabama. With more than 24600 undergraduate students and a total enrollment of more than 30000 with 1330 faculty members Auburn is the second largest university in Alabama. It is one of the state's two public flagship universities.
Toomer’s Drugs | 100 N College St Auburn AL 36830
Toomers Drugs® has been an Auburn tradition since 1896. A visit to Auburn would not be complete without visiting Toomers Corner® on the corner of Magnolia Ave and College Street. Toomers® has great food World Famous fresh squeezed lemonade and other soft drinks.
Jordan-Hare Stadium | 251 S Donahue Dr Auburn AL 36849
Pat Dye Field at Jordan-Hare Stadium the nation's 10th-largest on-campus stadium with a capacity of 87451 has served as home of the Auburn Tigers since 1939.On football Saturdays in Auburn Jordan-Hare Stadium becomes Alabama's fifth-largest city. More than 75000 season tickets have been sold to Auburn home games in each of the last 18 years.
Chewacla State Park | 124 Shell Toomer Pkwy, Auburn, AL 36830
Chewacla State Park is a publicly owned recreation area in Auburn Lee County Alabama occupying 696 acres to the south of Interstate 85. The state park's central feature 26-acre Lake Chewacla provides opportunities for fishing swimming and non-motorized boating. Trail info HERE
Auburn Arena | 250 Beard-Eaves Court Auburn AL
Built at a cost of $86 million Auburn Arena seats 9121 fans for basketball games bringing Tiger fans close to the action. Auburn Arena replaced the old Beard-Eaves Memorial Coliseum as home of Tiger basketball for the 2010-11 season.The furthest seat in Auburn Arena is just 43 feet away from the court. A full two-thirds of the seats in the facility are less than 27 feet in elevation from courtside. Auburn students have their own entrance lobby and concessions area at the Arena to service 1500 floor-level seats.
Louise Kreher Forest Ecology Preserve & Nature Center | N College St Auburn AL 36830
The Louise Kreher Forest Ecology Preserve & Nature Center is a 120-acre nature preserve located in Lee County Alabama between Auburn and Opelika. The preserve was established in 1993 through a gift from Dr. Louise Kreher Turner and her husband Frank Allen Turner. It is operated today as an outreach program of the School of Forestry & Wildlife Sciences at Auburn University. The preserve consists of a nature playground an amphitheater a 150-seat meeting area a fire pit and a covered educational pavilion. There are also 30 trails that stretch more than 5 miles with interpretative signs restrooms and drinking fountains. The environmental education and outreach programs include animal encounters guided walks day camps and pre-school programs
Grand National Golf Course | 3000 Robert Trent Jones Trail Opelika AL 36801
Grand National by all reports was the single greatest site for a golf complex Robert Trent Jones Sr. had ever seen. Built on 600-acre Lake Saugahatchee 32 of the 54 holes drape along its filigreed shores. Both the Links course and the Lake course were in the top 10 of Golf Digest's list of "America's Top 50 Affordable Courses" and all three courses at Grand National are listed among the nation's 40 Super Value courses by Golf Digest's "Places to Play". The Lake course is also the host course for the Zimmer Biomet Championship.
Edmund Pettus Bridge | Selma, AL
The Edmund Pettus Bridge, now a National Historic Landmark, was the site of the brutal Bloody Sunday beatings of civil rights marchers during the first march for voting rights. The televised attacks were seen all over the nation, prompting public support for the civil rights activists in Selma and for the voting rights campaign. After Bloody Sunday, protestors were granted the right to continue marching, and two more marches for voting rights followed.
Old Cahawba Archaeological Park | 9518 Cahaba Road, Orrville, Alabama 36767
Old Cahawba is Alabama's most famous ghost town. In 1819 the town was carved out of the wilderness to be the state's first capital. Although the state changed the location of the capital in 1826, Cahawba continued to grow into a thriving and wealthy river town. For a short time after the Civil War Cahawba attracted emancipated African Americans seeking new freedoms and politial power. By 1870, however, the population diminished to 300. By the turn of the century most of Cahawba's buildings were lost to fire, decay, or dismantlement.
Medgar Evers Home Museum | 2332 Margaret W Alexander Drive, Jackson, MS
Medgar Evers, the first NAACP field secretary and prominent civil rights activist and organizer, was assassinated at his home in 1963. This private home – now a National Historic Landmark – has been turned into a museum and restored to look as it did when the Evers family lived there. Tours are by appointment only. To schedule a tour, call 601-977-7839 or 601-977-7710 or email mwatson@tougaloo.edu.
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Longwood | 140 Lower Woodville Road Natchez, Mississippi 39120
Longwood, the largest octagonal house in the United States, is an historic antebellum mansion located in Natchez, Mississippi. More info on visiting days/hours HERE.
Vicksburg National Military Park | 3201 Clay St, Vicksburg, MS 39183
To Confederate President Jefferson Davis, Vicksburg was the "nailhead that holds the South's two halves together." President Abraham Lincoln remarked "Vicksburg is the key" to victory, and could be the north's lifeline into the south. As the federals closed in on the Fortress City, they were met by a ring of forts with over 170 cannon. The resulting battle would determine the war's outcome.
Stanton Hall | 401 High St, Natchez, MS 39120
Stanton Hall, also known as Belfast, is an Antebellum Classical Revival mansion at 401 High Street in Natchez, Mississippi. Built in the 1850s, it is one of the most opulent antebellum mansions to survive in the southeastern United States. It is now operated as a historic house museum by the Pilgrimage Garden Club. More info on visiting days/hours HERE.
Windsor Ruins | Rodney Rd, Port Gibson, MS 39150
Built in 1859-61 by Smith Daniell who only lived in the large mansion for a few weeks before he died. The Windsor plantation once sprawled over 2,600 acres. Legend says that from a roof observatory, Mark Twain watched the Mississippi River in the distance. A Union soldier was shot in the front doorway of the home. During the Civil War the mansion was used as a Union hospital and observation post, thus sparing it from being burned by Union troops. However, after the Civil War, during a house party on February 17, 1890 a guest left a lighted cigar on the upper balcony and Windsor burned to the ground. Everything was destroyed except 23 of the columns, balustrades and iron stairs. Windsor Ruins is open to the public during daylight hours every day.
Oxford, MS
Charming southern college town to spend a couple hours strolling the downtown streets.
Rowan Oak | 916 Old Taylor Rd, Oxford, MS 38655
Built by Robert Sheegog in 1848, Rowan Oak became home to Nobel Prize-winning author William Faulkner in 1930. Faulkner christened the house “Rowan Oak” after the legend of the Rowan tree, believed by Celtic people to harbor magic powers of safety and protection. While residing there with his family, he wrote such masterpieces as As I Lay Dying, Absalom, Absalom!, Light in August, and A Fable. Rowan Oak remained home to Faulkner until his death in 1962. The house is now owned by the University and maintained for memorial and educational purposes. The property & grounds at Rowan Oak are open year round, from dawn to dusk. While there’s no fee to visit the grounds, there is a $5 cost for house admission (cash only, please). Additional hours & admission information can be viewed HERE.
Graceland | Elvis Presley Blvd, Memphis, TN 38116
Graceland is a mansion on a 13.8-acre estate in Memphis, Tennessee, United States, once owned by singer and actor Elvis Presley. His daughter, Lisa Marie Presley, has been the owner of Graceland since his death in 1977. Opening info and COVID protocol HERE.
One of the most iconic streets in America. Three blocks of nightclubs, restaurants and shops in the heart of downtown Memphis. The Beale Street Entertainment District is a melting pot of delta blues, jazz, rock 'n' roll, R&B and gospel.
National Civil Rights Museum | 450 Mulberry St, Memphis, TN 38103
The National Civil Rights Museum is a complex of museums and historic buildings in Memphis, Tennessee; its exhibits trace the history of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States from the 17th century to the present. Reopening July 1, more info HERE.
Sun Studio | 706 Union Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee,
Sun Studio is a recording studio opened by rock-and-roll pioneer Sam Phillips at 706 Union Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee, on January 3, 1950. It was originally called Memphis Recording Service, sharing the same building with the Sun Records label business. First come first serve, COVID visiting info and protocol HERE
St. Peter's Spiritual Temple | 1606 W Shelby Dr, Memphis, TN 38109
A reclusive Memphis neighborhood is home to decades worth of misunderstood Masonic folk art.
Full Gospel Tabernacle Church | 787 Hale Rd, Memphis, TN 38116
Founded by R&B singer Al Green in 1976, this modest church still features his gospel music weekly. Sunday Morning service 11:30 am Sunday Evening Worship (as scheduled) | 4:00 pm Wednesday Night Bible Study | 7:00 pm Thursday Night Choir Rehearsal 7:00 pm
Rum Boogie Cafe | 182 Beale St, Memphis, TN 38103
Of all the clubs and bars on Beale Street, Rum Boogie Cafe is the one not to miss. If their superfine rum selection and beer aren’t enough to entice you, the Cajun and barbecue menu should–ribs, fried catfish, gumbo and red beans and rice served by fast and friendly servers. Nighttime is all about hot music with the house-favorites FreeWorld, Pam and Terry, Memphis Blues Masters Fuzzy, Eric Hughes, and Vince Johnson & the Plantation Allstars. Open 7 Days A Week from opening at 11am.
Silky O Sullivans | 183 Beale St, Memphis, TN 38103
Silky O'Sullivan's offers an inviting atmosphere for casual dining with family and friends. Menu ranges from great BBQ and ribs to fresh oysters on the half shell. There's live blues music, and dueling pianos nightly. Mon: Closed Tue-Fri: 2p-10p Sat: 12p-10p Sun: 12p-8p
BB King's Blues Club | 143 Beale Street Memphis, TN 38103
B.B. King's The original opened in Memphis in 1991 and has remained a favorite of locals and visitors alike. At BB King's Blues Club we're more than the Blues, we're classic soul, rock and roll, great barbeque, signature drinks that will fill you to the brim. With two levels of dining and a dance floor, our house band, The BB King's Blues Club All-Star Band will have you dancing all night long. Sunday - Thursday 11 AM - 11 PM, Friday - Saturday 11 AM - MIDNIGHT
Stax Museum of American Soul Music | 926 E McLemore Ave, Memphis, TN 38126
From 1959 – 1974, a tiny movie-theater-turned-recording-studio in South Memphis produced a string of hits that stirs souls today. Jim Stewart and Estelle Axton, a brother and sister duo, purchased the old Capitol Theater on McLemore Avenue to relocate their recording equipment. Without knowing, they would soon be part of a worldwide sensation dubbed American soul music. This move placed them in an area rich with talent. Many of the artists and musicians who recorded at Stax were from the surrounding neighborhood, local churches and schools. In a time when racial tension was high, this studio never saw race but rather focused on producing its own sound – a Memphis sound – that would be heard around the world. Reopening info HERE.
Memphis Music Hall of Fame | 126 S 2nd St, Memphis, TN 38103
The only Memphis museum to focus specifically on the heroes of Memphis music - rock, soul, jazz, blues, R&B and more. Meet and pay tribute to the intriguing musical legends who shook the planet, through this new, fun, educational and highly interactive exhibition that's as outrageous as the inductees themselves. Reopening info HERE.
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