Mongomery Zoo IS the best zoo in Alabama.  It would be nice if they had a children's zoo but they do have a great variety of animals.  The Birmingham Zoo however, although it does have a children's...

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., used the pulpit of this unassuming red brick church to lead the 1955-56 Montgomery bus boycott, which ignited the civil rights movement. Steeped in history, this church, where Dr. King served as pastor from 1954 to 1960, was also the site of many civil rights meetings during that era.

This tribute to the "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement" honors Rosa Parks, the African-American woman who, in 1955, sparked the civil rights movement by refusing to give her bus seat to a white man. The museum helps visitors relive this tumultuous era with a video, artifacts, historical documents, a lifesize statue of Rosa Parks and a replica of the bus in which she sat that day.

The museum honoring country music star Hank Williams, Sr., includes exhibits such as the 1952 Cadillac in which he died.

The names of 40 people killed in the battle for civil rights between 1954, when the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed segregation, and 1968, the year of the assassination of Martin Luther King, are embedded forever in this round, flat, granite sculpture. Water flows gently over the surface of the inspiring memorial, designed by Maya Lin, who also created the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

The Capital building of Montgomery is a magnificent structure much like the National Capitol building, with a large white dome/rotunda.  The architecture is rare as is that of the National Capitol...

Get a taste of what life was like in 19th-century Montgomery, where three blocks of historic houses show how people lived in that era. You'll see barns, a one-room schoolhouse, a church, cotton gin and the striking contrast of rich versus poor - from mansions to a tiny house lined with newspaper for insulation.

Grave sites of Hank Williams, Sr., and his wife in the Oakwood Cemetery Annex.

  There are not only artifacts from the Fitzgeralds' life (mostly Zelda related), but  a complete collection of first editions of his works. Special tours can be arranged sometimes, but must be...

Children's museum devoted to the history and preservation of the beef cattle industry.

Historic area of the Civil Rights Movement.

Martin Luther King's residence from September 1954 to February 1960.

Burial site for Governors George and Lurleen Wallace.

Built in 1835, this was the home of the Confederacy President, Jefferson Davis.

Where Rosa Parks was arrested on December 1, 1955.

The church where Jefferson Davis worshipped during the Civil War.

Offers information on things to do in Montgomery.