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Fried crab claws are a Gulf Coast favorite — and the dish is credited to an Alabama restaurant owner. 🦀Bill Bayley Sr., ...
08/23/2026

Fried crab claws are a Gulf Coast favorite — and the dish is credited to an Alabama restaurant owner. 🦀

Bill Bayley Sr., founder of Bayley’s Restaurant near Mobile, is widely credited with creating fried crab claws in the 1960s. At the time, crab claws were often discarded after the meat from the rest of the crab was used.

Instead of letting them go to waste, Bayley saw an opportunity. He began breading and frying the claws and serving them as an appetizer — turning an overlooked part of the crab into something people actually came looking for.

The idea caught on, and fried crab claws became a familiar sight at seafood restaurants throughout Mobile and along the Alabama Gulf Coast.

It’s one of those Alabama food stories that started with a simple idea and ended up becoming a Gulf Coast tradition.

Have you ever had fried crab claws in Alabama? 🦀

Does Michelob Ultra really deserve the title of Alabama’s favorite beer? 🍺👀A recent study analyzing Google search intere...
08/23/2026

Does Michelob Ultra really deserve the title of Alabama’s favorite beer? 🍺👀

A recent study analyzing Google search interest named Michelob Ultra the most popular beer in Alabama. But we know Alabama opinions can be a whole lot stronger than search data! 😂 So now it’s time for the real vote. Michelob Ultra, Bud Light, Miller Lite, Coors Light—or something completely different?



What beer gets YOUR vote as Alabama’s real favorite? 🍺👇

There’s a reason we love Alabama. ❤️Where else can you wake up in the mountains, spend the afternoon exploring a waterfa...
08/23/2026

There’s a reason we love Alabama. ❤️

Where else can you wake up in the mountains, spend the afternoon exploring a waterfall, enjoy the lights of a big city, and still be just a road trip away from the white-sand beaches of the Gulf Coast?

From the views at Cheaha State Park and the energy of Birmingham to Noccalula Falls and the beautiful beaches of Gulf Shores, Alabama packs an incredible amount of scenery into one state. Mountains, waterfalls, cities, beaches, small towns and backroads—we’ve got a little bit of everything.

And the best part? There’s always another Alabama place waiting to be discovered.







What’s ONE Alabama place that makes you love this state? ❤️👇

Have you ever found a restaurant that feels like a hidden gem before you even walk through the door? 🐇❤️The Rabbit Hole ...
08/22/2026

Have you ever found a restaurant that feels like a hidden gem before you even walk through the door? 🐇❤️

The Rabbit Hole in Elba, Alabama is one of those places that immediately catches your attention. With its dark storefront, bright red door, and cozy small-town atmosphere, it looks like the kind of place you’d discover on an Alabama road trip and just have to stop.

Inside, you’ll find a locally owned restaurant serving up good food with plenty of Southern personality. It’s another reminder that some of Alabama’s best finds aren’t in the big cities—they’re tucked away in our small towns.







Have you eaten at The Rabbit Hole in Elba? What should a first-time visitor order? 👇

Have you ever seen these mysterious brick columns standing in a field near Florence, Alabama? 👀They’re all that remain o...
08/22/2026

Have you ever seen these mysterious brick columns standing in a field near Florence, Alabama? 👀

They’re all that remain of the Forks of Cypress, once one of the most impressive plantation homes in North Alabama. Built in the 1830s for James Jackson, the unusual Greek Revival home was surrounded by 24 massive brick columns. After surviving for more than a century, the house was struck by lightning and destroyed by fire in 1966. The columns survived and still stand today.

The property also played an important role in American thoroughbred history. Jackson imported the famous stallion Glencoe from England, and his bloodline became enormously influential in American horse racing.

Today, those towering columns create one of the most haunting and recognizable historic scenes in the Florence area—a remarkable piece of Alabama history still standing nearly 200 years later.







Have you ever driven by the Forks of Cypress and seen the columns in person? 👇

What’s the part of Alabama life that outsiders just don’t understand until they’ve lived here? ❤️Maybe it’s knowing some...
08/22/2026

What’s the part of Alabama life that outsiders just don’t understand until they’ve lived here? ❤️

Maybe it’s knowing somebody everywhere you go, a Saturday built around football, stopping for boiled peanuts on a backroad, hearing somebody ask “Who are your people?” or realizing a plate of barbecue can start a statewide argument. Alabama has its own way of doing things—and Alabamians wouldn’t have it any other way.



What’s something about living in Alabama that you think ONLY an Alabamian would understand? 👇

Did you grow up eating Alabama watermelons straight out of the field? 🍉There’s nothing quite like watermelon season in r...
08/22/2026

Did you grow up eating Alabama watermelons straight out of the field? 🍉

There’s nothing quite like watermelon season in rural Alabama. Long rows of vines, tractors moving through the fields and big ripe melons waiting to be picked are still part of summer on farms across the state. And every Alabamian seems to have their own trick for choosing the sweetest one!



How do YOU pick a good watermelon—yellow spot, hollow sound, dried stem, or do you just take your chances? 🍉👇

Apparently Alabama has spoken… and Michelob Ultra came out on top. 🍺👀A recent study looked at Google search interest to ...
08/22/2026

Apparently Alabama has spoken… and Michelob Ultra came out on top. 🍺👀

A recent study looked at Google search interest to determine the most popular beer in each state, and Michelob Ultra took the No. 1 spot in Alabama.

But search data is one thing. What Alabamians actually keep stocked in the refrigerator and packed in the cooler might tell a completely different story. 😂

So forget the study for a minute…

What beer do YOU think is really Alabama’s favorite? 🍺👇

Did you know Books-A-Million started in Alabama with a 14-year-old boy and a makeshift newsstand? 📚In 1917, Clyde W. And...
08/22/2026

Did you know Books-A-Million started in Alabama with a 14-year-old boy and a makeshift newsstand? 📚

In 1917, Clyde W. Anderson began selling newspapers in Florence to workers helping build what would become Wilson Dam. His first stand was reportedly made from old piano crates. That small operation eventually grew into a bookstore business, later expanded by his family through Bookland stores and ultimately Books-A-Million.

More than a century later, what started as one Alabama teenager’s small business became one of the largest bookstore chains in the country—and its roots are still right here in Alabama.

Where do you stop for a good homegrown Alabama watermelon? 🍉Nothing says an Alabama summer quite like a roadside stand p...
08/22/2026

Where do you stop for a good homegrown Alabama watermelon? 🍉

Nothing says an Alabama summer quite like a roadside stand piled high with fresh watermelons. Grown in the Southern sun, hauled in from the field and sold by local farmers, these are the simple summer traditions that never get old. Cold, sweet watermelon on a hot Alabama afternoon is hard to beat!

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