Elite Café – Phenix City
The Elite Café has one real claim to fame: it was here that Albert Patterson was gunned down, in an alleyway just beside the café…
Author: Lux Ferre
Old Barfoot House – Troy
From the outside, there doesn’t seem to be anything all that special about the place known as the Old Barfoot House. And, indeed, a talk…
Tuskegee National Forest
If you were only judging it by its size, you might not think much of the Tuskegee National Forest. It is the smallest national forest…
Holt Cemetery – Society Hill
Why the dead would haunt the living is a mystery, but usually the reason for the location of a haunting is not. A house, a…
Tuskegee Army Airfield
Today, there are few who have not heard of the Tuskegee Airmen, the famed Red Tails of World War II. These African American pilots shattered…
Grey Columns – Tuskegee
When William Varner came to Macon County, Alabama, he decided to build a house that would embody the glory of southern wealth. Using his vast…
Sketoe’s Hole – Newton
While the men of the Fifteenth Alabama served their state and their country honourably during the many battles of the Civil War, their brethren who…
The Josephine Hotel – Union Springs
For more than 130 years, the Josephine Hotel has stood watch over the town of Union Springs. Oh, what mysteries it has seen: the grand…
Pauly Jail – Union Springs
While the Bullock County Courthouse was designed to be a beautiful and imposing building, the Pauly Jail was constructed with more practical considerations in mind.…
Ammut
Ammut : A mythical creature of the Netherworld with the head of a crocodile, front legs of a lion, and back legs of a hippopotamus.…
