Nominated by locals
Ave Maria Grotto
A hidden gem in Alabama
A four-acre garden of 125 tiny stone replicas of the world's great churches and shrines, hand-built by a Benedictine monk over 50 years, on the abbey grounds in Cullman off I-65.
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