Hampton Inn 35405
600 Harper Lee Drive Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35405
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| | This sleepy college town has been the home of | university's football team from 1892 to the present. |
| | the University of Alabama since 1831, and many | Of course, there's a special section devoted to the |
| | stately antebellum homes from that era still stand. | career of the late Alabama coach Bear Bryant. Art |
| | (It was also the state capital for 20 years, starting | lovers will want to see the Warner Collection at |
| | in 1826.) Visit Battle-Friedman House, an 1835 | Gulf States Paper Corporation, with more than 150 |
| | Greek Revival mansion; the Gorgas Home, built in | works of art in different media by well-known |
| | 1825 (originally a college dining hall and now part | American artists. |
| | of the university campus, with a good display of | |
| | furniture, heirlooms and colonial silver); and | When in the area, we suggest a drive to |
| | Mildred Warner House, parts of which date from | Moundville Archaeological Park in Moundville, 20 |
| | the 1820s. (See the art collection, which includes | mi/32 km south of Tuscaloosa. The site is |
| | works by Mary Cassatt and Edward Hopper.) | nationally recognized as the most important |
| | | prehistoric Native American settlement and |
| | At the university, stop by the Alabama Museum of | ceremonial center of the South. It includes an |
| | Natural History, which has a collection of 140,000 | archaeological museum, a restored temple and |
| | fossils from a number of prehistoric eras. Crimson | nature trails. 50 mi/80 km southwest of |
| | Tide football fans will want to roll on over to the | Birmingham. |
| | Paul W. Bryant Museum to trace the history of the | |
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