Erica & Daniel
Things To Do
U.S. Space & Rocket Center
Huntsville, also known as Rocket City, is NASA's birthplace, and home to NASA's third largest center, Marshall Space Flight Center. This museum shows the history of NASA, Huntsville's role in developing manned spaceflight, and interesting items from former and current NASA missions.
Lowe Mill ARTS & Entertainment
This former textile mill is now the largest privately owned arts facility in the southern US. Inside, you will find artist galleries, performance spaces, restaurants, a distillery, a coffee shop, a record store, a mead brewery, and much more. This is also the place where Erica and Dan first became a couple!
Downtown Huntsville
Downtown is filled with coffee shops, museums, restaurants (casual and fine dining), boutique stores, breweries, bars, and clubs. Huntsville's purple cup policy allows you to wander around downtown with an open beverage (as long as you ask the server to put it in a purple solo cup). Enjoy wandering around downtown, or feel free to ask Erica/Dan for more specific suggestions.
Campus No. 805
Campus 805 and the surrounding area is filled with local breweries, restaurants, bars, and activities (including axe throwing).
Stovehouse
Right down the street from Campus 805, Stovehouse is a repurposed former stove factory that is now a destination for food, drinks, and frequently live music.
Rocket City Trash Pandas (Baseball)
Looking for live sports in Huntsville? This is the place to go!
Von Braun Center
The VBC is Huntsville's largest live entertainment venue. This is a good place to catch a concert, a play, a musical, or even a minor league hockey game.
Huntsville Botanical Garden
Looking for something outdoors, but not too strenuous? Take a stroll around the botanical gardens!
The Orion Amphitheater
This is Huntsville's newest performance venue that opened in early 2022. We attended a concert here not long after it opened, and loved it. Looking for a bigger name in live music? This is where you want to go.
Monte Sano State Park
Located on Monte Sano Mountain, one of the foothills, this is a great location for hiking, camping, mountain biking, etc. Just a heads up... it does cost $5 cash per person to get in.