Alabama

• Windshield Wipers Were Invented In Alabama

• Alabama Has The Most Snails Of Any US State

• Alabama Was The First State To Recognize Christmas As An Official Holiday

• The First 911 Call Was Made In Alabama

• Alabama Had A Bear Wrestling Problem In The 1990s


• Anniston: You may not wear blue jeans down Noble Street.

• Montgomery: It is considered an offense to open an umbrella on a street, for fear of it spooking horses.

• Dominoes may not be played on Sunday.

• It is legal to drive the wrong way down a one-way street if you have a lantern attached to the front of your automobile.

• You may not drive barefooted.

• It is illegal for a driver to be blindfolded while operating a vehicle.

• It is illegal to wear a fake moustache that causes laughter in church.

• You cannot chain your alligator to a fire hydrant.

• Bear wrestling matches are prohibited.

• You may not have an ice cream cone in your back pocket at any time.


• Scottsboro - Unclaimed Baggage Center - one of the only stores in the world that sells lost suitcases and their contents from airports around the country.

• Bamahenge - Elberta’s Barber Marina - Alabama’s version of Stonehenge, made out of fiberglass.

• Clayton - Whiskey Bottle Tombstone - it was designed by an extremely frustrated wife. She told her husband, William T. Mullen, that she'd make him a tombstone shaped like a whiskey bottle if he didn't stop drinking.

• Enterprise - Boll Weevil Monument - initially built to encourage farmers to grow crops other than cotton, is the only monument in the world that’s dedicated to an insect pest.

• Birmingham - Joe Minter's African Village in America - Joe Minter has been packing the yard around his house with bits of scrap and junk to create art. The theme of his "village" is African-American and everyone is invited for a tour during the daylight hours free of charge.