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Sparks of Discovery
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Добавлен 15 янв 2021
Welcome to Sparks of Discovery! Our mission is to share with the world all that the South has to offer, starting right here in our home state of Alabama. We'll discover places you've never heard of, visit historic sites, see the best attractions, and have fun in the outdoors. We believe every town has something worth discovering!
Discovering Foley
Join us as we explore the City of Foley in Baldwin County! We’ll begin right in the heart of town, exploring two local history museums and marveling at an impressively large model train display. Afterwards, we’ll sample the various shops and quirky food options available downtown, before enjoying a home cooked meal at a famous restaurant where catching your food is just part of the experience. Finally, we’ll head over to Foley’s flagship attraction, OWA, where we’ll spend a whole day enjoying the shops and restaurants, riding the stomach-turning amusement park rides, and taking in the wondrous sights of the Gulf Coast Hot Air Balloon Festival. All this and more, on Discovering Foley!
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PREVIEW -- Discovering Foley
Просмотров 8292 месяца назад
Join us for a preview of our next episode, Discovering Foley! We’ll begin right in the heart of town, exploring two local history museums and marveling at an impressively large model train display. Afterwards, we’ll sample the various shops and quirky food options available downtown, before enjoying a home cooked meal at a famous restaurant where catching your food is just part of the experienc...
Discovering Dauphin Island
Просмотров 9 тыс.4 месяца назад
Join us as we explore Alabama's very own island town, Dauphin Island! We’ll begin by making our way to the eastern end of the island, where we’ll get up close and personal with marine life at the Alabama Aquarium. Afterward, we’ll visit a pair of historic forts guarding the entrance to Mobile Bay, which was the site of a significant Civil War Battle, and learn about the origin of the US Navy’s ...
PREVIEW -- Discovering Dauphin Island
Просмотров 1,3 тыс.5 месяцев назад
On the next episode of Sparks of Discovery, we’ll explore Alabama’s very own Island Town, Dauphin Island. We’ll begin by making our way to the eastern end of the island, where we’ll get up close and personal with local marine life at the Alabama Aquarium. Afterward, we’ll visit a pair of historic forts guarding the entrance to Mobile Bay, which was the site of a significant Civil War Battle, an...
Discovering the Birmingham Zoo
Просмотров 1,1 тыс.5 месяцев назад
Join us for our Season 4 Premiere as we explore the Birmingham Zoo! We're excited to get started exploring more of Alabama this year, and we'll even venture into Georgia for the first time as well later this season. Make sure you hit that subscribe button so you never miss an episode, and follow us on Facebook and Instagram for regular updates on where we're going next! Thanks for watching Spar...
Sparks of Discovery -- 2024 Channel Trailer
Просмотров 1817 месяцев назад
Since 2021, our mission at Sparks of Discovery has been to share with the world all that the great state of Alabama has to offer. Over the past 3 seasons, we’ve explored much of our state, from the white sands of the Gulf Coast, to the technological marvels of the Rocket City. We’ve experienced vibrant college towns and fascinating historic sites, breathtaking scenic vistas and jaw-dropping nat...
Aerial Views Over Guntersville
Просмотров 1,3 тыс.8 месяцев назад
Join us for one final video of 2023 as we take an aerial tour of Guntersville in Northeastern Alabama! All of the footage was filmed back in October 2023, and comes from several points of interest around the city and Lake Guntersville. We hope all of you have a Happy New Year! We are planning some big things for the coming year, and we can't wait to share with everyone our plans for Season 4 of...
Discovering Guntersville
Просмотров 2,7 тыс.9 месяцев назад
Join us for our Season 3 Finale, Discovering Guntersville! We’ll begin as always in the heart of town, exploring the many shops and boutiques along Gunter Avenue, and enjoying delicious meals at two local restaurants, before making our way over to the waterfront at the new City Harbor. Afterwards, we’ll go hiking at the Cave Mountain Wilderness Area, with plenty of wildlife and natural scenery,...
PREVIEW -- Discovering Guntersville
Просмотров 1,4 тыс.10 месяцев назад
Join us for a preview of our Season 3 Finale, Discovering Guntersville! We’ll begin as always in the heart of town, exploring the many shops and boutiques along Gunter Avenue, and enjoying delicious meals at two local restaurants, before making our way over to the waterfront at the new City Harbor. Afterwards, we’ll go hiking at the Cave Mountain Wilderness Area, with plenty of wildlife and nat...
Aerial Views over Scottsboro
Просмотров 57310 месяцев назад
Join us for an aerial tour of different points of interest in and around the city of Scottsboro in the northeastern corner of Alabama!
Discovering Cathedral Caverns State Park
Просмотров 1,4 тыс.10 месяцев назад
Join us as we go underground to explore one of Alabama's most impressive natural wonders, Cathedral Caverns!
Discovering Scottsboro
Просмотров 2,5 тыс.11 месяцев назад
Join us as we explore the city of Scottsboro in the northeastern corner of Alabama! We’ll begin right in the heart of town, exploring the historic town center, and indulging in ice cream floats at Alabama’s Oldest Soda Fountain. Then we’ll head over to perhaps Scottsboro’s most famous icon, Unclaimed Baggage, where we’ll see what treasures we can find in the land of lost luggage. Afterwards, we...
PREVIEW -- Discovering Scottsboro
Просмотров 1,8 тыс.11 месяцев назад
Join us for a preview of our next episode, Discovering Scottsboro! We’ll begin right in the heart of town, exploring the historic town center, and indulging in ice cream floats at Alabama’s Oldest Soda Fountain. Then we’ll head over to perhaps Scottsboro’s most famous icon, Unclaimed Baggage, where we’ll see what treasures we can find in the land of lost luggage. Afterwards, we’ll ride over to ...
Discovering the Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum
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Join us as we explore the Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum in Calera!
Discovering Montevallo
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Join us as we explore the city of Montevallo in Shelby County! We’ll begin right in the heart of town, exploring the beautiful campus of the University of Montevallo, before enjoying some delicious food in the downtown area. Next, we’ll take a stroll through one of Alabama’s most unique and famous city parks, with fun characters and fantastical artwork along the way. Then we’ll venture back int...
Discovering the Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo
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Discovering the Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo
PREVIEW -- Discovering Spanish Fort and Daphne
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PREVIEW Discovering Spanish Fort and Daphne
Sparks of Discovery -- 2023 Channel Trailer
Просмотров 620Год назад
Sparks of Discovery 2023 Channel Trailer
PREVIEW -- Discovering Ft. Payne and Mentone
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PREVIEW Discovering Ft. Payne and Mentone
Discovering the US Space & Rocket Center
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Discovering the US Space & Rocket Center
I knew grandfather really well. He worked with my grandfather for the city of Oxford. I was a resident of Oxford for over 50 years. I still own a house across the street from Oxford Lake Park.
Is this a sundown town?
It's 2024, not 1950. No, Cullman is not a sundown town.
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Been there. It's lame
Ur lame
I love living in Oxford ❤ Thank you for sharing this!
Is the water clear there, like in Destin, FL?
Unfortunately, most of the water in Gulf isn’t clear. Dauphin Island is in a bay of the Gulf, so the water there especially isn’t clear.
@@SparksofDiscovery Thanks for responding.
I like your videos good job, thanks
I was there today! It's a tiny world all its on.
So...I guess I'm going to Waffles R Wild next time I'm in Foley.
You totally should! 👍
Sand mountain drive in is in Boaz which is also in a different county as well
The drive-in was located in Etowah County and was south of Boaz outside of the city limits. We wanted to include it because we thought it was a nice ending to the video, even though it wasn’t technically in Gadsden. Doesn’t matter now, as it closed not long after the video was released.
I lllllllooooovvvvvveeeee Lambert's! Such a great atmosphere, and the food is so good and so underrated! Looking forward to this episode, as always.
It’s such a gem! 💎
The first time we went to Dauphin Island, I was just a kid, but I do remember that we stayed in a house that was on "stilts." Last summer, my family and I stayed a week in Fort Morgan. We took some time and toured the fort, and then we took the ferry over to Dauphin Island and toured Fort Gaines as well. It was very interesting to hear about the battle of Mobile Bay and visualize that right there in that channel, the battle took place so many years ago. I was amazed at how the inside of the forts were very cathedral-like with all of the arches, and the textures of bricks covered with natural calcification and green moss were simply stunning works of art. I took many pictures. Great job on the video, and thanks for sharing. 👍👍👍
So glad you enjoyed it, it is fascinating seeing all the history and thinking about what it was like during the war. Thanks for watching!
Great grandfather was william perry george
My grandmother and father were from here. Never been here❤
This same county was where that one season of 60 days in was recorded.
I have been there it is sure worth the trip. A lot to do there, petting zoo, train to ride and other things. I believe a put putt golf course if I remember right. I am from another state. Had to drive a while to get there. Thanks for the video.
It absolutely is worth the trip! It’s a neat place! Thanks for watching!
My youngest son got married in Cullman and loves his new family, his beautiful wife. They are beautiful people! 🙏🏡💞🎉🙏
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Greetings from Georgia! Glad to see your content in my feed again.
Thank you!
It is very beautiful.
I love Daulphin Island! We ride our motorcycles down to the ferry, then put our bikes on and ride the ferry to Fort Morgan, then stop at Tacky Jacks. Spend the night in Gulf Shores then head to PCB the next day.
That sounds so fun!
Don't bother. It sucks. Ill will be watching though.
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Beautiful! Looks like one of the nicer caverns. I was looking on the map and seems like its called "Majestic Caverns" now.?
Thanks for watching! Yes, they actually changed the name not long after we published our video. We’ll have to do an updated version at some point.
W zoo im in 4th grade i went there. It is my favorite feild trip
It’s a neat place, glad you got to go!
ok i am here - JamWayne brought me here - he is a new Star from Gadsden, Ala´ Country u know - Dear Mister JamWAyne , Sir
You get cought with drugs in this town and your in for a long ride in the justice system..im from here and dealt with them you should go ahead and enroll in a year long drug program...
Or you could just, you know, not do drugs. 🤷🏻♂️
The Alabama Gulf shores zoo is awesome. We are proud of our little zoo. Hurricane Ivan destroyed it. It took a lot of hard work, to get where they are today. It's a zoo with healthy animals. Great employees and a wonderful story.
Couldn’t agree more! Thanks for watching!
On our way to summer scout camp, we stop and hike down into the canyon to our favorite, secret swimming hole and spend the day. It is always interesting to see how the new scouts and parents react to the hike down and back, plus the swimming hole. The hike down only takes about 20 min and the trail is well marked, but secret. Can't wait for summer.
Very nice video!
Thank you! So glad you enjoyed it!
This is not even Oxford.
Yes, it is.
YES IT IS!! 😂 I live here.
Would like to see more shopping and restaurant info in future episodes
Thanks for the feedback. We usually try to feature one or two restaurants and one or two shops in each episode.
I absolutely love your content, and have visited parts of Alabama because I learned more about it through you. Now, I can't wait to see where you explore in my home state of Georgia! Cheers to a very successful fourth season and beyond!
Thank you so much!
Where is this located at?
Just off I-65 in Calera, AL. South of Birmingham.
Thank you for making this! I am a student at the University here, and I absolutely love it. Montevallo is truly my home away from home, and I’m so happy y’all made this to show others how truly beautiful this place is. 💜💛
So glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!
Thank you for the great review. We are looking forward to visiting the zoo and doing a bit of research.
Thanks for watching! Hope you enjoy your visit!
You sure focused a lot on City Harbor area. There's so much more than that. Try the other end... the local museum, the area over by Valmonte and Top of the River and the areas on 69 and 79! The area at City Park and Thomas Boat launch areas.
This video was put together using extra aerial footage we had from our main Guntersville video. We aren’t from the Guntersville area, so we were very limited in the time we had to film there. We had to choose what we thought the most important and interesting places were and focus on those. I’m sure there were plenty of cool things we missed, but this is just a hobby for us so we can’t do everything we’d like to. Thanks for watching.
@@SparksofDiscovery well you did a beautiful job. I understand!!!!
Thank you!
Finally!
Beautiful City!!!
I like your videos..thanks for sharing
Thank you!
Very amazing video ❤
I bring the scout troop up to LRC on our way to summer camp every summer. We hike down to our favorite, secret swimming hole. Swimming and jumping into the river all day long, the new scouts and their parents always fall in love with this place. During the winter we come up and camp for a week, doing day trips all around the area, hiking, climbing, visiting historic locations, and a hike up a side canyon and hike out at a 60' waterfall .We have explored various sections and rock formations. Everyone wants to go back next summer.
I saw that this park is 90% full time campers and some are not so nice people. Is it still that way?
Not sure which park you’re referring to, but we didn’t camp in Scottsboro so I’m not sure about occupancy rates at the campgrounds. Everyone we came across was super friendly though.
Thank you for sharing this video! We are thinking of moving to Scottsboro and this was very helpful info. Was this taken in the summertime? It looks like it was pretty warm. What month was this filmed? Thank you! ~Joey...I just got to the part where you visited the State Fair and said it was fall. Looks like you had great weather!
Thanks for watching, so glad you enjoyed it! It was filmed in September, so it was still pretty warm during the day but felt nice at night.
Thank you for responding. I found your website and sent you guys an email with another question. Look forward to your response. @@SparksofDiscovery
It's not Morgan County. It's marshall County
We said it was Marshall County in the video.
Guntersville is over rated . People in guntersville are snobby. Marshall County is in decline.
Y’all should’ve gone to buck island and gunters landing. That place has a really beautiful golf course full of azaleas and dogwoods.. That’s my favorite spot
Sounds like a nice place, hate we missed it!
Nice video, Auburn is a beautiful town, but the Iron Bowl is tomorrow so that's as far as I will go to say anything nice about Auburn this week 😆. ROLL TIDE.!
I LIVED IN GUNTERSVILLE FOR A FEW YEARS!!! IT WAS AWESOME!!!! IT WAS NOT A SCARY PLACE FOR A SINGLE WOMAN EITHER!!!! I FELT COMFORTABLE EVEN AT NIGHT ANYWHERE I WENT!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Born & raised here! Great video - Huntsville is home now lol 🙂