About Huntsville, AL

Huntsville’s status as a leading research and development site began in 1950, when German scientists settled here and developed the rockets that would eventually launch the Apollo space program. Today, the city's reputation as a technology center and its atmosphere of entrepreneurship and progressiveness continue to attract a highly skilled and talented workforce as well as high-tech industries. 

Huntsville Museum of Art
Huntsville Museum of Art

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Outdoors

Huntsville Natural Attraction Resonates With Residents
Food
Le Bistro Du Soliel at 300 Franklin Street in downtown.

Huntsville Restaurants Offer a Passport to the World
Attractions

Huntsville Paints a Vivid Culture of Art, Music, Theater and History

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Top 10 Haunted Houses

Click here if you dare. This list of haunted houses isn't actually that scary, besides the towns where these haunts are located are some of the best cities in the U.S.