More things to do in Birmingham and Alabama

This is the third installment of Local Host Co-Chair Liz Wells' 101 Reasons to Visit Birmingham (and Alabama)! Learn more about many of these via www.birminghamal.org/index.aspx 

• According to American Garden Guidebook Bellingrath Gardens in Theodore is one of America's top five.
• Highland Avenue with its historic early suburban architecture and Highland Avenue Golf Course, public golfing with fantastic skyline views.
• Kelly Ingram Park, starting point of many of the Civil Rights marches of the 1960s
• The spooky sight of kudzu covering trees, abandoned shacks, slow-moving vehicles, etc.!
• Kirklin Clinic, Birmingham’s own I. M. Pei designed healthcare facility at UAB
• Linn-Henley Building’s restored 1920s murals at the Birmingham Public Library
• Space and Rocket Museum in Huntsville is the world's largest Space Museum!
• Visit Ivy Green, birthplace of Helen Keller, in Tuscumbia.
• McWane Center and IMAX Theater, a hands-on science and discovery center
• Oak Hill Cemetery, the city’s first, is on the National Register of Historical Places