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2025 In Review

Each year, I look forward to sharing our accomplishments and highlights—and what a remarkable year it has been for Alabama Heritage magazine!

Last year, we took bold steps forward—revamping our magazine, creating a new website, and launching our podcast, href="https://www.alabamaheritage.com/coffee-history-a-conversation-with-alabama-heritage/" targe...

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Though the era of Prohibition in the United States began in 1919, Alabama was ahead of the curve when it came to banning the distribution and sale of liquor, enacting near statewide Prohibition through local wet or dry option laws in 1907. Despite the state’s early adoption of these restrictive laws on alcohol distribution, Alabama, like the rest of the nation, struggled to e...

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Caves are a place in many cartoons, books, and movies characterized as dark, dank, and downright scary most of the time. Bats and creepy crawlers dwell in them sure, but those tiny details pale in comparison to the overall mystifying beauty of the caves in Alabama. According to href="https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/majestic-caverns/" target="_blank" rel="noopener...

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The story of Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama, began on August 18, 1910. Having operated for over a century, it now stands as the oldest operating ballpark in the United States. Its story begins with A.H.”Rick” Woodward, who purchased the Birmingham Baseball Team in February of 1910. His first order of business was to design a new ballpark. Woodward drew inspiration from...

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Bryce Hospital is well known for its long and complicated history. Legends and spooky tales of the haunted “Old Bryce” have floated like the fall version of Alabama pollen for decades since its closure, and subsequent abandonment, in 1977. Tales of seeing people, hearing screams, and all of the classic ghost story markers fill the narratives that come from those who sneak ont...

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