Take This Quirky Road Trip To Visit Alabama’s Most Unique Roadside Attractions
Alabama is home to many unique attractions waiting to be discovered. One of the best ways to discover these attractions is to gather your family and/or friends and embark on a road trip. Listed below is a mapped road trip that’ll take you to some of Alabama’s most unique attractions. It begins and ends at Ave Maria Grotto in Cullman, but you can begin wherever you’d like. This road trip is only 663 miles long, so it could easily be completed in a day. However, you’ll probably want to extend your time at a few of these places. Because of this, it’s best to take this road trip over a weekend.
As already mentioned, this road trip begins at Ave Maria Grotto in Cullman. Ave Maria Grotto is a four-acre garden park that features 125 miniature reproductions of historic buildings and religious shrines. It's also one of Alabama's most stunning places.
Your next stop will be the charming town of Mooresville. Mooresville is one of Alabama's most unique towns. In addition to it being older than the state of Alabama itself, Mooresville is also home to the state's oldest operational post office. The entire town of Mooresville, which has less than 60 residents, is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
It's now time to visit the Rattlesnake Saloon, which is one of Alabama's most unique restaurants. Located off the beaten path, this unique restaurant is located inside a cave. Since opening nearly 10 years ago, the Rattlesnake Saloon has welcomed visitors from all over the world. It's also been featured in magazines, music videos, and on multiple television shows.
A short drive to Cherokee will bring you to the Coon Dog Cemetery. Only authentic coon dogs are allowed to be buried here, which makes it the only cemetery of its kind in the world. Since 1937, more than 185 coon dogs have been buried at this unique cemetery.
On your next stop, you'll get to see Natural Bridge up close. Natural Bridge is the main feature of Natural Bridge Park. It measures 60 feet high and 148 feet long, which makes it the longest natural bridge east of the Rockies. Natural Bridge is also believed to be more than 200 million years old.
After driving south for about 100 miles, you'll arrive at Orr Park. Orr Park covers 40 acres and is located in the city of Montevallo. The main feature that makes this one of Alabama's most unique parks is its Tinglewood Trail. This famous trail features more than 30 sculptures that were carved from trees. A stroll down this whimsical trail will most certainly remind you of a fairy tale.
Before driving back to Cullman, your last stop will be the Boll Weevil Monument. This historic monument, which was erected in 1919, is located in downtown Enterprise. The reason why this quirky statue is so unique is that it's the world's first monument to ever honor an agricultural pest.
Have you ever visited any of these unique attractions? If so, what did you think? Please share your thoughts with us in the comments.
Another fun road trip to take this summer is “The Ultimate Alabama Waterfalls Road Trip,” which you can read all about here.
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