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Guitar-shaped mansion
milwhcky (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: milwhcky.
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Health care executive Larry House had his unfinished $26 million mansion sold at auction in 2003 for $3.95 million. The 34,000 sq. ft. mansion has 21 bedrooms, 22 bathrooms, a 13 car garage, a 25 seat home theater, and a wine cellar. The 27 acre property is designed to look like a guitar.

Calvin Johnson's House
Xeba73 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Xeba73.
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The NFL wide receiver purchased this house in June 2012.

Miguel Cabrera's House
Xeba73 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Xeba73.
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The Venezuelan baseball player owns this property. As of 2016, it's listed for sale.
His new lake front home is also featured on this site (VG link below).

Airplane taking off
DonMartini (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: DonMartini.
Small airplane taking off from Birmingham International Airport.

Funeral in progress
DonMartini (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: DonMartini.
Funeral at the Elmwood Cemetary in Birmingham, AL.

Roger Penske's House
jdubble07 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: jdubble07.
Roger Penske is the owner of Team Penske, and the Penske Corporation.
Penske has the most victories in the Indianapolis 500.

Harold W. Ripps' House
jdubble07 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: jdubble07.
Harold W. Ripps is Chief Executive Officer of The Rime Company.

Oteil Burbridge's House
tlp333 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: tlp333.
The bassist for The Allman Brothers Band lives here. He replaced the late Allen Woody in 2000. He also has a solo project called Oteil and the Peacemakers. In addtion, he was also founding member of the band the Aquarium Rescue Unit, and has worked with artists like Bruce Hampton, Trey Anastasio (Phish), God Street Wine, and others.

Steve Lowery's House
tlp333 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: tlp333.
The professional golfer lives here.

Tom Acheson's House
jdubble07 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: jdubble07.
Tom Acheson is President of Tameron Automotive Group.

Football field inside of a race track
milwhcky (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: milwhcky.
Birmingham International Raceway has a high school football field in the infield. On the former grounds of the Alabama State Fair.

Ndamukong Suh's House (former)
Ndamukong Suh is a defensive tackle in the NFL, formerly for the Detroit Lions, currently for the Miami Dolphins.

Baseball diamonds
kjfitz (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: kjfitz.
George Ward Park

C. Barry Dabbs' House
C. Barry Dabbs is an opthamologist in Birmingham, AL.

A-12 Blackbird
kjfitz (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: kjfitz.

Legion Field
NipSip (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: NipSip.
"The Old Gray Lady" Was the home of Alabama vs. Auburn Games.

Robert Epstein's House
Robert Epstein is President of AJM Packaging.

Doug Jones' House
Doug Jones is an attorney, former federal prosecutor and on 12 DEC 2017 became a United States Senator from Alabama in a special election to fill the seat vacated by former Senator, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

Walter H. Stewart's House
Walter H. Stewart is chairman of The Stewart Organization, a supplier of office copy machines and scanners.

Bart Starr's House (Deceased)
mlc1us (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: mlc1us.
Bart Star was a professional football quarterback and coach for the NFL Green Bay Packers from 1956 to 1983.

William Hassinger's House (Former)
William Hassinger was a Louisiana developer who was made vice-president of Republic Iron and Steel Company.

Statue of Liberty replica
kjfitz (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: kjfitz.
As far as I know, the largest replica in the US and probably the world. It used to sit atop the Liberty National building in downtown Birmingham until it was moved right off Hwy. 280 on Liberty Parkway. It sits on a large pedestal and even has a real flame shooting out of the torch. [Mike Christopher, 02/19/1997]

Bill Smith's House
Bill Smith is the founder of Shipt, which was acquired by Target Corporation for $550M in 2017.

16th Street Baptist Church
neotrix (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: neotrix.
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church is a large, predominantly African American Baptist church in Birmingham in the U.S. state of Alabama. In September 1963, it was the target of the racially motivated 16th Street Baptist Church bombing that killed four girls in the midst of the American Civil Rights Movement. The church is still in operation and is a central landmark in the Birmingham Civil Rights District. It was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 2006.

Carlos Guillen's House
tlp333 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: tlp333.
The professional baseball player lives here.

Jay Strong Artist Residence (Former)
DaltonBlake (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: DaltonBlake.
Former reesidence of North American Abstract Artist Jay Strong.

Boyles Yard - CSX
Matheus_ (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Matheus_.
The Boyles Yards is a rail complex developed by Louisville & Nashville Railway and currently operated by CSX near Boyles Gap.

Allan Gilmour's House
Touringfmhome (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Touringfmhome.
This sprawling home is the residence of Allan Gilmour, President of Wayne State University in Detroit, Mi.

Statue of Vulcan
There's a huge TV antenna just to the west too.
On the summit of Red Mountain, overlooking the heart of downtown Birmingham, stands a 56-foot statue of Vulcan, the Roman god of fire (aka God of the Forge). What is this pagan colossus doing on the virtual buckle of the Bible Belt?
Vulcan was sculpted by artist Giuseppe Moretti for steel town Birmingham as an exhibit for the Palace of Mines and Metallurgy at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. He was (and still is) the world's largest cast metal statue and the largest statue ever made in the U.S. His height was originally planned for 50 feet, but when Birmingham learned that a pagan Buddha in Tokyo stood 52 feet tall, they made their pagan Vulcan four feet taller.

Rodolfo Veluz's House
Rodolfo Veluz is a physician in Birmingham, AL.

Rickwood Field (Oldest Ballpark in America)
NipSip (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: NipSip.
Still used today by the B'ham Barons at least one game a year.

Matt Guerrier's House
Xeba73 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Xeba73.
The MLB pitcher lives here part-time.

Giant Spider by Bill Secunda
Parabellum (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Parabellum.
At Barber Motorsports Park

Sloss Furnaces
robsv (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: robsv.
Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark
(former iron furnaces)

Kelly Ingram Park (historically known as West Park)
AlbinoFlea (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: AlbinoFlea.
From www.cr.nps.gov:
During the first week of May 1963, Birmingham police and firemen attacked civil rights demonstrators, many of whom were children, in the streets bordering this park. The violence raised a nationwide public outcry, hastening integration in America's most segregated city.
Birmingham, site of the first mass beatings of freedom riders, was selected by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) for a massive protest campaign. Kelly Ingram Park (historically known as West Park), was an assembly point for participants in the SCLC's Project "C," (for Confrontation)--sit-ins, boycotts, marches, and jailings designed to end segregation in Birmingham. Under the on site direction of SCLC President Martin Luther King, Jr., and local SCLC affiliate Fred Shuttlesworth, department stores were targeted for boycotts and protest marches organized. Dr. King was arrested and held in solitary confinement for three days, during which he wrote, smuggled out of jail, and had printed his "Letter from Birmingham Jail," a profoundly moving justification for the moral necessity of non-violent resistance to unjust laws.

Southern Museum of Flight
bisbohemian (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: bisbohemian.
USAF A-12 (Later to be known as SR-71) Blackbird. Southern Museum of Flight, Birmingham, AL. Lots of other ground exhibits as well.

Birmingham Zoo
adrbr (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: adrbr.

Don-Allen Ruttenberg's House
Don-Allen Ruttenberg is the son of the founder and CEO of Just For Feet.

Reggie Bush's House
Reggie Bush is an NFL running back.

Dave Trott's House
Dave Trott is the United States Representative for Michigan's 11th congressional district.

16th Street Baptist Church
LancelotLink (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: LancelotLink.
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church is a large, predominantly African American Baptist church in Birmingham in the U.S. state of Alabama. In September 1963, it was the target of the racially motivated 16th Street Baptist Church bombing that killed four girls in the midst of the American Civil Rights Movement. The church is still in operation and is a central landmark in the Birmingham Civil Rights District. It was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 2006.

African Village in America

Alabama Power Corporate HQs
Ozzy (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Ozzy.
Corporate Headquarters Building for Alabama Power Co. Alabama Power is a subsidiary of Southern Company and generates electricity from coal, hydro, natural gas, oil and nuclear sources.

Barber Motorsports Park
milwhcky (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: milwhcky.
This 17-turn 2.38 mile road course opened in 2003. Various sports car and motorcycle racing events have been held here.
In April 2010, the facility will host it's first major event as the IndyCar Series will compete in the Indy Grand Prix of Alabama.

'Birmingham High School' by Eero Saarinen
pmoore66 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: pmoore66.
1952
now Seaholm High School
with Robert Swanson (Brother in Law)

Legion Field
Matheus_ (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Matheus_.
Legion Field is a stadium in Birmingham, Alabama, United States, primarily designed to be used as a venue for American football, but is occasionally used for other large outdoor events. The stadium is named in honor of the American Legion, a U.S. organization of military veterans. At its peak it seated 83,091 people for football. Today, after the removal of the upper deck, Legion Field seats approximately 71,594 spectators.

Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum
sdfrontier4x4 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: sdfrontier4x4.

UPS Airlines Flight 1354 Crash Site
jbottero (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: jbottero.
UPS Airlines Flight 1354 was a scheduled cargo flight from Louisville International Airport to Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport. On August 14, 2013 the aircraft flying this route, a UPS Airlines Airbus A300-600F, crashed and burst into flames short of the runway on approach to Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport in the US state of Alabama. Both pilots were pronounced dead at the scene of the crash. They were the only people aboard the aircraft.

Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex
yubyub41 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: yubyub41.
The BJCC is comprised of an arena, a theater, a concert hall, several exhibition halls, conference centre, and a Sheraton hotel.

Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
AlbinoFlea (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: AlbinoFlea.
From bcri.bham.al.us:
As summarized in its Mission Statement, the Institute sets out to "focus on what happened in the past, to portray it realistically and interestingly, and to understand it in relationship to the present and future developments of human relations in Birmingham, the United States and perhaps the world."
From its inception the Institute founders recognized the universality of human conflict. After all, Dr. Martin L. King had been deeply influenced by the religious and ethnic conflicts in India, parts of Africa and Eastern Europe earlier in the twentieth century. In time these and other nations drew positive lessons from the American Civil Rights Movement. Given this broad historical context the Institute perceived human rights as a universal striving. The events that occurred in Birmingham, Alabama in the mid twentieth century provided a relevant case study of conflict resolution with global application.
The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute signifies that Birmingham does not hide from its past. It acknowledges that where once the city housed two people, Black and White, unknown to one another except through the painful thread of segregation, Birmingham now embraces its past, neither forgetting nor dwelling on it, but using it to foster understanding.
The Institute recognizes the redemptive importance of memory. It is both a time capsule, and a modern day think-tank focused on seeking equitable solutions to common problems. In some ways the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute functions as a town square where the community gathers to discuss common concerns. It is a place where yesterday's struggles inspire a brighter tomorrow. It is a meeting ground for the makers of everyday history, and for those who write about the present.

F-84 Thunderflash and F-4 Phantom
Parabellum (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Parabellum.

Birmingham Race Course
adrbr (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: adrbr.

Airplane landing at Birmingham International Airport
TexasAndroid (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: TexasAndroid.

F-86 on Middle School Roof
daggerwell (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: daggerwell.
Banks Middle School, Birmingham, Alabama

Convair TF-102A Delta Dagger
To train F-102A pilots, 111 TF-102A trainers were developed. The aircraft was fitted with a side-by-side cockpit to facilitate ease of pilot training. This required a redesign of the cockpit and nose incorporating a set of vortex generators on the top of the cockpit to prevent flow separation under certain circumstances, and repositioning of the intake ducts. Despite the many changes, the aircraft was combat-capable, although this variant was predictably slower, only reaching subsonic speeds in level flight.

'Crucifera IV' by George Rickey
pmoore66 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: pmoore66.
at the BMA...looks like an Ellsworth Kelly out there too but can't confirm

Regions Field
kkeps (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: kkeps.
Home of the Birmingham Barons

Vitruvian man sculpture
WacoKidd110 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: WacoKidd110.

T-38 Talon & F-104 Starfighter

'Prinzessin Natalie' by Frank Stella
pmoore66 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: pmoore66.
on the UAB campus

Sikorsky CH-54 Tarhe
The CH-54 Tarhe is a twin-engine heavy-lift helicopter designed by Sikorsky Aircraft for the United States Army. It is named after Tarhe (whose nickname was "The Crane"), an eighteenth-century chief of the Wyandot Native American tribe. The civil version is the S-64 Skycrane.

'Prinzessin Natalie' by Frank Stella

WIAT-TV Tower
kkeps (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: kkeps.

McWane Science Center
kkeps (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: kkeps.
The McWane Science Center (formerly known as the McWane Center) is a science museum and research archive located in downtown Birmingham, Alabama (United States). The state-of-the-art science center, aquarium and 280-seat IMAX Dome Theater is housed in the historic and refurbished Loveman's department store building. It opened to the public on July 11, 1998.

Starship at Birmingham International Airport
Pdunn (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Pdunn.

F-14 Tomcat at Birmingham International
Pdunn (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Pdunn.

Nat King Cole and Maria Cole
adrbr (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: adrbr.
Nathaniel Adams Coles (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965), known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American singer and musician who first came to prominence as a leading jazz pianist. He was widely noted for his soft, baritone voice, which he used to perform in big band and jazz genres.
Maria Hawkins Cole (also known as Ellington following her first marriage) (August 1, 1922 – July 10, 2012) was the widow of singer Nat King Cole and mother of singer Natalie Cole.

Airplane in Flight
mlc1us (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: mlc1us.
Just took off from Birmingham International Airport

Eddie James Kendrick statue
WacoKidd110 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: WacoKidd110.
Eddie Kendricks (December 17, 1939 – October 5, 1992) was an American singer and songwriter. Noted for his distinctive falsetto singing style, Kendricks co-founded the Motown singing group The Temptations, and was one of their lead singers from 1960 until 1971. His was the lead voice on such famous songs as "The Way You Do The Things You Do", "Get Ready", and "Just My Imagination". As a solo artist, Kendricks recorded several hits of his own during the 1970s, including the number-one single "Keep On Truckin'".

"Boutwell Memorial Auditorium" by Thomas W. Lamb
The Boutwell Memorial Auditorium is a 5,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Birmingham, Alabama, USA. It was built in 1924, as Birmingham's Municipal Auditorium, on a site near City Hall, facing Capitol Park (now Linn Park).
The building was designed by Thomas W. Lamb, working with a committee of local architects. A later renovation added to the lobby and meeting room space in front of the brick facade, giving the street view of the auditorium a decidedly modernist marble, aluminum and glass look. The auditorium was renamed for Mayor Albert Boutwell. The auditorium remains the property of the city. It was home to the Birmingham Power basketball team.
The arena has hosted concerts by many famous artists, including KISS, Queen, Van Halen, Grateful Dead, Sting, Nirvana, Prince & The New Power Generation and Bob Dylan, among others.
Master plans for the future of the Birmingham Museum of Art, which adjoins Boutwell Auditorium, have included expanding onto its current site.

'Bands of Color in Various Directions' by Sol Lewitt
at the BMA

Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker
The Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker is an aerial refueling tanker aircraft. It has been in service with the U.S. Air Force since 1957.
The KC-135 is derived from the original Boeing jet transport "proof of concept" demonstrator, the Boeing 367-80 (commonly called the "Dash-80"). As such, it has a narrower fuselage and is shorter than the Boeing 707 jetliner. Boeing gave the tanker the designation of Model 717

'BMA' (Birmingham Museum of Art) by Edward Larrabee Barnes
Birmingham Museum of Art

CH-54B Skycrane Helicopter

Alabama Theatre
Parabellum (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Parabellum.
The Alabama Theatre Pipe Organ is Wurlitzer Opus 1783. The legendary theatre organist, Jesse Crawford, laid out its design for use in delux venues for Publix Theatres, thus the designation by Wurlitzer as Style Publix 1. Its basic design included 4 manuals (keyboards), 20 ranks (sets of pipes), 8 sets of tuned percussion units, and all the sound effects needed to accompany silent movies. Eight additional ranks of pipes have been added to expand the tonal capabilities of the organ, making a total of 28 ranks (2008 pipes).

Preserved CH-54 and OH-6
WOXOF (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: WOXOF.
CH-54 and OH-6 preserved by the Alabama Army National Guard at the Birmingham IAP.

'The Explorers' by Jim Neel
at the Alabama School of Fine Arts

Republic F-84F Thunderstreak & Cessna T-37B Tweety Bird
Thunderstreak
Tweety Bird

Discarded Plane Parts at Wakeman Airport
Pdunn (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Pdunn.

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21UM
A training version of the famous Soviet fighter. This one is preserved at Southern Museum of Flight and carries "City of Moscow" titles.

Restoration in progress at the Southern Museum of Flight

'Kirklin Clinic' by I.M. Pei
1988-1992

East Thomas Yard - BNSF
Matheus_ (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Matheus_.

'Birmingham Alabama - More Magic Than Ever'

Stan the Muffler Man

Zeppelin Mooring Mast
This is thought to be the last surviving zeppelin mooring mast on a building. When it was built it was commonly expected that zeppelins would become common. The Thomas Jefferson Hotel got ahead of the curve by installing this mast. After the Hindenburg Disaster zeppelin transportation was pretty much abandoned.

Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame
The Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame (AJHoF) was founded in 1978, and opened a museum on September 18, 1993, with a mission "to foster, encourage, educate, and cultivate a general appreciation of the medium of jazz music as a legitimate, original and distinctive art form indigenous to America. Its mission is also to preserve a continued and sustained program of illuminating the contribution of the State of Alabama through its citizens, environment, demographics and lore, and perpetuating the heritage of jazz music." It is located in Birmingham, Alabama, USA.

Demolished Home
Touringfmhome (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Touringfmhome.
This home was in a quaint, old neighborhood in a very upscale city. Land values are very high and people want to build new homes there but no more land is available, so they buy existing homes and demolish them.Many beautiful and amazing vintage structures have been lost to the rebuilding fad in Birmingham,MI. This house was another casualty and a new, larger house now sits on this site.

'Upcast' by Clement Meadmore

'Heart of the Tetrahedron' by Mark di Suvero
in front of the Hill Gallery

Pete's Famous Hot Dogs
The ultimate hole-in-the-wall hot dog shop.

Statue of Liberty replica

General Dynamics F-111A Aardvark

Vulcan Park and Museum
Fab (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Fab.

Avondale Brewing Company (under construction)

Hunter House Hamburgers
Hunter House Hamburgers was established in Birmingham in 1952.

Grandview Medical Center
Took 13 years to fully complete

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Red Mountain Expressway Cut