Birmingham, Alabama was founded in 1871 on land ... If you want to learn more about the history of the Vulcan statue, then you should visit the small museum. It doesn’t take very long to go ...

The museum’s collection holds more than 27,000 works, according to its website, and includes noteworthy pieces by Alabama ... Birmingham landscape.) Why you should visit: The huge, cast-iron ...

If you want to look out over Birmingham from its most famous overlook, the Vulcan statue at Vulcan Park ... Vulcan stood at the Alabama Fairgrounds from 1906 to 1936, before being moved atop ...