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O'Neal Bridge crosses the Tennessee River

Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail
Enjoy some of the finest golf greens in the South East!
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Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail

Frank Lloyd Wright / Rosenbaum Home Museum
In 1939, Stanley and Mildred Rosenbaum commissioned Frank Lloyd Wright to design their home, the only Wright-designed structure in Alabama. One of the earliest Usonian designs, the house has been called one of the purest examples of Wright's unique style.
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Frank Lloyd Wright /
Rosenbaum Home Museum

Children's Museum of the Shoals 
The Children's Museum of the Shoals, Inc. offers hands-on exhibits and programs geared specifically to the developmental stages and needs of children. Our mission is to further classroom education and compliment existing cultural and educational resources. Exhibits and activities will encourage children to imagine, make choices and create. These exhibits will enable children to discover different cultures, values and occupations, as well as to demystify science, technology and the arts.
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Children's Museum of the Shoals

Culver Museum 
Visit Waterloo, Alabama, and the Edith Newman Culver Memorial Museum to experience breathtaking beauty and the rich history of the area.

Culver Museum

Wilson Lock and Dam
one of the highest single-lift locks in the world

Wilson Lock and Dam

Renaissance Tower
provides a panoramic view of the Tennessee River and the Shoals Area, featuring stunning views from the 360 Grill.

Renaissance Tower

Florence Conference Center
state-of-the-art meeting facility and conference center constructed with Florence's Italian Renaissance in mind.

Florence Conference Center

Spring Park
Provides a picturesque setting for various events such as the Helen Keller Festival, Indian Festival, Memorial and Labor Day Celebrations. The Big Spring, located in the Park, provided the site in 1815 for the original settlement of Occocoposa (Cold Water), later named Tuscumbia, for a Native American chieftain, Tash-ka-ambia. Historic Marker, play equipment, picnic tables, pavilions, restrooms.

Spring Park at Night

W.C. Handy Home and Museum
W.C. Handy, Father of the Blues, was born in Florence. His home was restored and now houses memorabilia, musical instruments, and original manuscripts from some of his works.

W.C. Handy Home and Museum

Pope's Tavern and Museum
constructed over 150 years ago. Now a museum, the Pope's has functioned as a tavern, stage coach shop, and a confederate hospital.

Pope's Tavern and Museum

Kennedy-Douglas Center for the Arts
The cultural center for Florence, Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts is a gallery, an educational facility, a museum, and a center for the coordination and promotion of cultural activity throughout the Shoals.

Kennedy-Douglas Center for the Arts

Indian Mound and Museum
houses artifacts dating back some 10,000 years of the native Americans history.

Pettus Museum
The Pettus Museum is located in Killen, Alabama on US Highway 72, East of Florence. A lifelong passion for history and collectibles has resulted in this incredible display of local and world history.

Alabama Music Hall of Fame
The Alabama Music Hall of Fame was a dream and goal of the Muscle Shoals Music Association, a Shoals area based professional organization of recording studio owners, producers, musicians, songwriters and other music professionals. In 1980, through their efforts, the State legislature, with the leadership of State Senator Bobby Denton, created a state agency, the Alabama Music Hall of Fame Board, with a mandate to honor all of this state's great music achievers, and to build a facility in which to showcase these talented individuals and their accomplishments.
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Alabama Music Hall of Fame

Belle Mont Mansion
3.5 miles south of Tuscumbia, off U. S. Hwy. 43, on Co. Rd. 52. (256) 381-5052, (256) 383-0783, (800) 344-0783. Belle Mont (ca. 1828) is one of Alabama's most distinguished homes, featuring neoclassical architecture of Jeffersonian-Palladian style. Owned by the Alabama Historical Commission, on-going restoration. Open March 1-September 30, 2002. Th-Sa 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Su 1-5 p.m., or by appointment. Admission.

Colbert County Courthouse
201 North Main Street, Tuscumbia.
This stately building, built in 1881-1909, still houses county government and serves as the centerpiece for the surrounding Tuscumbia National Register Historic District. The District showcases a large collection of 19th century architecture, including Tuscumbia Depot (site of the first railroad west of the Allegheny Mountains). Driving tour brochure available.

Colbert County Courthouse

Coon Dog Cemetery
Off Ala. Hwy. 247 near the Natchez Trace. (256) 383-0783, (800) 344-0783. Over 100 coon dogs have been laid to rest in the scenic "Freedom Hills." Unique headstones and epitaphs pay tribute to man's best friend. "Troop" was the first dog buried here in 1937. Open daylight hours year round. No admission.

Ivy Green - Birthplace of Helen Keller
300 West North Commons, Tuscumbia. Phone: (256) 383-4066, (888) 329-2124. www.helenkellerbirthplace.org. The home and gardens are open M-Sa 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. and Su 1-4 p.m. Admission.

Ivy Green

LaGrange College Site & Antebellum Cemetery
8 miles south of Muscle Shoals, off Ala. Hwy. 157. (256) 446-9324, (256) 383-0783, (800) 344-0783. http://recall-lagrange.00me.com/index.html Site of the first chartered college in Alabama, destroyed during the War Between the States. Along with an antebellum cemetery, the park is dedicated to recreating life on LaGrange Mountain. Period structures relocated to the park include a log-cabin museum, country store, the Bonner House Bed & Breakfast Inn, and outbuildings. Annual events fund on-going restoration and expansion efforts. Park open daylight hours. Museum open Su 1-4 p.m., or by appointment. No admission.

Natchez Trace Parkway
This scenic highway follows the historic route from Natchez, Miss., to Nashville, Tenn. In Alabama, the Parkway goes through western Colbert County. Maintained by the National Park Service, the two-lane Parkway follows the same route trekked by Native American, frontiersman Davy Crockett and Andrew Jackson.

The Ritz Theatre
103 West 3rd Street, Sheffield. (256) 381-8370, (256) 383-0533. This 1920's silent movie house is restored to its Art Deco style, and is used for community theater. Open for events and by appointment. Admission.

The Tennessee Valley Art Center
511 North Water Street, Tuscumbia. (256) 383-0533. Provides rotating exhibits of the visual arts. Permanent exhibit of aboriginal art (petroglyph). Hours: M-F 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Su 2-3 p.m. Admission varies.
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The Tennessee Valley Art Center