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Road Trips in Alabama and Beyond

We love Huntsville and all of Madison County. But sometimes you just need to get away from your hometown for a while. Whether it's just for a weekend or a full-on vacation, Huntsville central location makes it easy to take a short road trip to great places.

Ready to hit the road and explore? Check out these fun road trips in Alabama, Tennessee, and beyond.

Road Trips

August 17, 2016 By Wil Elrick

Road Trip: Tanks For The Memories at Tank Town USA

Tank Town USA

Tank Town USA is a rip-roaring good time (literally). It was the best thing that I never knew I wanted to do – and the best gift my teenage son never knew he wanted – a

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August 5, 2016 By Wil Elrick

Day Trip – Ocoee Whitewater Center: Rekindle Your Olympic Spirit

Ocoee Whitewater Center- Rekindle Your Olympic Spirit

As we kick off yet another summer Olympics, I wanted to re-visit one of the most historic Olympic facilities ever built, and it just happens to be about a two hours’ drive from Huntsville near

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July 22, 2016 By Wil Elrick

See Rock City – The American Icon

See Rock City

No other name in the history of road-trips is better known than Rock City Gardens atop Lookout Mountain. The notoriety is thanks to an ingenious marketing plan devised by Garnet Carter, creator of Rock City

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July 8, 2016 By Wil Elrick

Hiking the Walls of Jericho – Adventure, Beauty & Peace

Walls of Jericho

The Walls of Jericho is a limestone-walled canyon in rural north Alabama that leads to a natural, bowl-shaped amphitheater with waterfalls draining into the basin. The water in the area comes from Turkey Creek which

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June 10, 2016 By Wil Elrick

Old Cahawba – Alabama’s Capital Ghost Town

Old Cahawba Alabamas Ghost Capital

No town in Alabama exudes as much mystery as Old Cahawba. Known as “Alabama’s most famous ghost town,” the site illustrates the mystery of how a growing city, especially one that was the state’s capital, could vanish

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May 24, 2016 By Larkin Grant

15 Reasons Harry Potter World Is as Amazing as You Think

Harry Potter World

I have a confession: I am a Harry Potter nerd. It will come as no surprise that my spring vacation took me south to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios in Orlando,

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May 17, 2016 By Wil Elrick

Bonnaroo – Tips, Tricks, and Tidbits

Bonnaroo - Tips, Tricks, and Tidbits

Each June since 2002, more than 100,000 people converge on the small town of Manchester, Tenn., for the outdoor music festival known as Bonnaroo. Held on a more-than- 700-acre- farm-turned-music venue known as Great Stage Park,

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April 19, 2016 By Wil Elrick

Covered Bridges of Alabama

Alabama Covered Bridges

Covered bridges: They are picturesque, they harken to a long-ago, simpler time, and they are great places to visit. Alabama has 11 historic covered bridges remaining in the state, along with a few newer, decorative

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March 18, 2016 By Wil Elrick

The Fictitious-Yet-Real Town of Spectre: A Road Trip With Imagination

The Fictitious-Yet-Real Town of Spectre

When someone says “ghost town,” our imaginations tend to turn to the ghost towns Hollywood assures us are littering the landscape west of the Mississippi River. In reality, ghost towns can be found throughout the

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February 3, 2016 By Wil Elrick

Take A Mardi Gras Road Trip Back To Where It All Began

Mardi Gras Road Trip

With Fat Tuesday right around the corner, it is the perfect time for us to get out and enjoy a February party, and Alabama has its own share of Mardi Gras festivities. Here in the

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