Watch sea lions being trained and fed, zip around on the Zoo Train, hop on the carousel, check out the alligator swamp and tropical rain forest: all this and more are offered at this educational and entertaining zoo housing 170 animals from around the world, including endangered species.

America's oldest baseball park and former home of the Birmingham Barons is a place where visitors can relive the magic of baseball's glory years.

Making a recent comeback in 2003, this 50-acre entertainment complex has a water park, theme park and game area, including lazertag and a video arcade. Brand new additions to the Splash Beach Water Park are the thrill-a-second Drop Out Speed Slide and the Wavepool and Sandbeach.

This historic theater houses the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame.