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Southern Legends

Appalachian Foothills

Southern Legends

Stories from the Appalachian Foothills of Northeast Alabama

Spotlighting the makers, builders, and business owners who define life in Alabama's Appalachian foothills.

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Meet the people behind the businesses, shops, and traditions that make this region what it is.

Anniston Museum of Natural History and Longleaf Botanical Gardens
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Anniston Museums & Gardens

Anniston, Alabama

Tucked into the ridgeline above Anniston, a natural history museum, a spy museum, and 15 acres of botanical gardens offer a world-class experience that most people in Alabama don't even know exists.

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every town has a story

Why Southern Legends?

In the Appalachian foothills of Northeast Alabama, people are doing extraordinary work that the wider world doesn't know about. The blacksmith who still fires up a coal forge every morning. The baker who learned her grandmother's recipes by feel. The mechanic who keeps thirty-year-old trucks on the road because that's what his neighbors need.

Southern Legends tells their stories — not to sell anything, but because these people and their work deserve to be seen.

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