Unexpected Adventures in North Alabama
Hosted by Melea Hames · Visit North Alabama
5.0from 38 ratings
- 124
- Episodes
- 11
- Transcribed
- 38
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
- 299K
- YouTube views
About Unexpected Adventures in North Alabama
The Unexpected Adventures in North Alabama Podcast takes you through a variety of activities that await you in North Alabama. Whether it’s hiking, fishing, golfing, history and museums, the arts or delicious restaurants, North Alabama often finds its visitors pleasantly surprised by the unique attractions and adventures surrounding the area. Listen as we talk about North Alabama’s seven state parks, the Jesse Owens Museum, the popular Waterfall Trail and more. Join us twice a month to discover Unexpected Adventures in North Alabama!
- Publisher
- Visit North Alabama
- Category
- society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 2 Sept 2021
- Latest episode
- 15 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
11 of 124 episodes have a transcript.
15 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
124: Decatur Comes Alive for the RiverClay Fine Arts Festival with Kim Mitchell
1 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
123: John Paul White on Muscle Shoals, Single Lock Records, and Why He Never Moved to Nashville
17 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
122: Unexpected Adventures During Huntsville Music Month with Matt Mandrella
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124: Decatur Comes Alive for the RiverClay Fine Arts Festival with Kim Mitchell
Published 15 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And I encourage anyone that's around to come over to the City Hall and watch it happen. Because on Thursday, it's just your normal, typical City Hall. And on Friday, it becomes an arts festival. And there's white tents everywhere. We have over 70 artists. all this stuff is going on, it just transforms and the whole energy changes. And so it's a real exciting time for us to bring all these artists in from all over the country that come here to Decatur to meet all of us and to share their work with us. So it's, it's a great opportunity. Yeah. I love that transformation when you're just, you drive by one day and then the next day it's like, poof, there it is. […]
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- Kim Mitchell
- John Paul White
- Matt Mandrella
- Pete Conroy
- Angela Bates
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- YouTube views
- 299,264
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 30 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 8 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 57 / 100
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- Quality
- 47
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 82
- Engagement
- 85
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Melea Hames host the show. Published by Visit North Alabama.
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