21 Feb 12, 08:43PM
Let me throw up some pictures of Birmingham. That is, the areas that still stand, no thanks to mother nature and her tornado outbreaks.
Downtown Birmingham
![[Image: birminghamview.jpg]](http://www.birminghamalrealestate.biz/images/birminghamview.jpg)
World's tallest cast iron statue, Vulcan
![[Image: Vulcan_statue.jpg]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/Vulcan_statue.jpg)
Abandoned steel mill, Sloss Furnace
![[Image: Sloss_Furnaces_from_Vulcan_Park.jpg]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/Sloss_Furnaces_from_Vulcan_Park.jpg)
5 points south
![[Image: vfiles9869.jpg]](http://pics4.city-data.com/cpicv/vfiles9869.jpg)
and for all you nature fans
Ruffner Mountain, 1 of 2 mountains used in the late 1800's for coal
![[Image: ruffner-mountain-nature-center-birmingham-al087.jpg]](http://www.planetware.com/i/photo/ruffner-mountain-nature-center-birmingham-al087.jpg)
and here is the last picture, a nice view of it all from Ruffner Mountain
![[Image: al-x-ruffnermountain.jpg]](http://www.tpl.org/assets/images/states/alabama/al-x-ruffnermountain.jpg)
Downtown Birmingham
![[Image: birminghamview.jpg]](http://www.birminghamalrealestate.biz/images/birminghamview.jpg)
World's tallest cast iron statue, Vulcan
![[Image: Vulcan_statue.jpg]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/Vulcan_statue.jpg)
Abandoned steel mill, Sloss Furnace
![[Image: Sloss_Furnaces_from_Vulcan_Park.jpg]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/Sloss_Furnaces_from_Vulcan_Park.jpg)
5 points south
![[Image: vfiles9869.jpg]](http://pics4.city-data.com/cpicv/vfiles9869.jpg)
and for all you nature fans
Ruffner Mountain, 1 of 2 mountains used in the late 1800's for coal
![[Image: ruffner-mountain-nature-center-birmingham-al087.jpg]](http://www.planetware.com/i/photo/ruffner-mountain-nature-center-birmingham-al087.jpg)
and here is the last picture, a nice view of it all from Ruffner Mountain
![[Image: al-x-ruffnermountain.jpg]](http://www.tpl.org/assets/images/states/alabama/al-x-ruffnermountain.jpg)