Stop At: Bellingrath Gardens and Home, 12401 Bellingrath Gardens Rd, Cost, Theodore, Alabama 36582
Enjoy 65 acres of year-round floral wonder in a Southern estate garden. Bellingrath Gardens and Home features blooms and beauty every day of the year. It is our passion to preserve and enhance the garden and grand estate home of Walter and Bessie Bellingrath, which opened to the public in 1932.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Bragg-Mitchell Mansion, 1906 Spring Hill Ave, Mobile, Alabama 36607
Bragg-Mitchell Mansion, circa 1855, is one of the Gulf Coast's most elegant homes. The Mansion features double parlors, a lavish dining room and grounds with Mobile's trademark live oaks and azaleas.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Conde-Charlotte Museum, 104 Theatre St, Mobile, Alabama 36602
The Condé-Charlotte Museum is Mobile's oldest historic home museum, where visitors can explore how citizens lived throughout the last 300 years during each country’s reign over the bay area. The variety and authenticity of the antique furnishings in the museum house reflect Mobile’s history under five flags: French, English, Spanish, American and Confederate. In 1850 Jonathan Kirkbride and his wife, Elizabeth, renovated what is now known as the Condé-Charlotte Museum, the site of Mobile’s first courthouse and jail built 30 years earlier.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: GulfQuest - National Maritime Museum of the Gulf of Mexico, 155 S Water St, 175 1750 Shelton Beach Road, Mobile, Alabama 36602
GulfQuest invites allows visitors to explore the Gulf of Mexico through displays and exhibits such as the Ocean Planet Theatre, where a six-foot diameter planet Earth is suspended, seeming to rotate on its axis. Interactive exhibits include Take the Helm, a simulator identical to those used to train professional boat pilots, allowing the chance to navigate vessels around the Port of Mobile.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Oakleigh House Museum, 300 Oakleigh Pl, Mobile, AL 36604, USA
Oakleigh is a historic house museum spanning almost 200 years of Mobile history. Authentic period rooms allow you to experience Mobile’s history through the eyes of Oakleigh’s residents. Travel through time as you travel through one of Mobile’s oldest and grandest homes.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Colonial Fort Condé, 150 S Royal St, Mobile, AL 36602, USA
The History Museum of Mobile is where Mobile’s story begins. Two floors of permanent exhibits explore Mobile’s history from the pre-colonial past to the present, with special highlights of Mardi Gras, shipbuilding, and daily life along the Mobile Bay. A children’s Discovery Room brings French Colonial Mobile to life for our youngest visitors, and special, traveling exhibitions are often on view, as well.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: USS ALABAMA Battleship Memorial Park, 2703 Battleship Pkwy, Mobile, Alabama 36602
USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park is home to the WWII battleship USS Alabama and submarine USS Drum, both National Historic Landmarks. Our Medal of Honor Aircraft Pavilion features vintage military vehicles, our historic aircraft collection and exhibits including the WWI exhibit: The Great War. Your admission ticket allows you to tour all. All tours are self-guided, so you can tour at your own pace. Don't forget to stop at the memorials on our grounds. We also have free kennels for your pets, a snack bar and picnic area on the grounds.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Phoenix Fire Museum, 203 S Claiborne St, Mobile, Alabama 36602
This Attraction is free to the public and provided for your convenience.
From turn-of-the-century horse-drawn steam engines and early motorized vehicles, to vintage uniforms and badges, discover the history of Mobile’s volunteer fire companies at the Phoenix Fire Museum. Housed in the restored Phoenix Volunteer Fire Company No. 6. Fire House, the Phoenix provides an exciting museum experience for visitors of all ages.
Duration: 3 hours
