One of the neat things we got to see in Birmingham, Alabama was the Southern Museum of Flight. Not too far from the airport, we stopped after picking me up from my flight and spent a good while there.
What I wasn't prepared for was the exhibit on the Tuskegee airmen (and here). What an incredible story. I understand that there are even more information, stories and planes here.
We read about a B52 being removed from a nearby lake bed, we saw the Mig from a North Korean pilot defection and we saw a whole lot of airplanes.
It is a good museum and it was a good time to get reacquainted with my family after being home alone for a week.