The McCurdy Plantation Horse is a gaited breed of horse developed by the McCurdy family of Lowndes County in the late nineteenth century. “McCurdy Walkers” are typically gray with full [more]

Often referred to as the Marble City, Sylacauga sits atop a bed of marble 32 miles long, a mile and a half wide, and 400 feet deep. Alabama marble occurs [more]

Although Alabama has no official state nickname, it’s often referred to by its “unofficial” nickname, “The Heart of Dixie”. The motto began in the late 1940s and early 1950s as [more]