Steeped in rich Civil War-era history, Alabama's largest metropolitan region takes visitors on a fascinating, sobering, and eye-opening journey that few other Southern cities can match. However, despite its checkered past, Birmingham is now thrusting itself back into the tourism limelight, and donning the wondrous Magic City moniker which once made it famous. As any former visitor (or local) will attest, this lively metropolis is full of surprises: from its roaring sports crowds and…
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