1. Daphne.Today the Daphne historic district includes four beautifully preserved cottages built in the mid-1800s.

2. Montrose. This bayfront area, noted for its healthful springs and cool breezes, was once the site of a British hospital but today primarily contains elegant private homes for summer or year-round use.

3. Fairhope. These immigrants from Des Moines, Iowa established a Single-Tax Colony that is still in existence today and is responsible for the unusual proportion of public beach and park land. Bayfront and White Avenue Historic Districts and eight other individual sites.

4. Battles Wharf. One of the earliest landing points for bay steamers from Mobile. This district contains fourteen homes built between 1842 and 1925.

5. Grand Hotel. There has been a resort hotel since 1822, and the first hotel was built in 1847. It served as a military hospital for the Confederates. The hotel has been rebuilt since it burned down in 1870. Grand Hotel III was built in 1939 and used as a Marine Training School during WWII. It attracts guests from all over the world and exhibits true hospitality. It is owned by the Marriott Corporation.

6. Point Clear. The Point Clear District includes 28 homes built south of the Grand Hotel having been built between 1850 and 1930. Most of these houses exhibit the rain porch with other climatic accessories.There is public access to the shorelin via Zundel Road.

7. Brodbeck-Zundel District. This district is at the junction of Scenic 98 and Old Marlow Road. It contains four buildings from the turn of the century. One is used to sell candies.

8. Magnolia Springs. Fish River is the "highway" of Magnolia Springs. It is one of the few places in the country that still has mail delivered by boat. The river is the shortest route from one house to another.

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