If you opened a Rand McNally Road Atlas in the early 1990s, you would have noticed something surprising – Huntsville was missing from its U.S. map. At the time, Huntsville was Alabama’s third-largest ...

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Connie Pearson writes frequently about Huntsville and has even written a book about it: "100 Things to Do in Huntsville and North Alabama Before You Die." In this guide, she tells travelers about her ...