With some terrific road trip options in the surrounding area, renting a car makes sense. Without one, it wouldn’t be half as easy to explore all that Montgomery, 20 miles away, has to offer. See the best sights starting with Montgomery Performing Arts Centre, Montgomery Zoo and Cramton Bowl. Locals are also likely to point you toward Selma, 50 miles away. If you can only find time for one attraction here, make sure it’s Edmund Pettus Bridge. (But we’re also big fans of Museum of Slavery and Civil Rights and Brown Chapel AME Church.)