This never-used Saturn IB launch vehicle is now a fantastic lawn ornament.

We had no idea what to expect from our first foray into Alabama. Our seven-day round-trip drive took us both ways through the 300-mile expanse it occupies between Tennessee and Louisiana, and gave us opportunities for stops at several points of varying interest levels. Our first impressions confirmed our research results: it’s large. It contains multitudes.

That location in the photo? That’s just their Welcome Center.

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