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Christmas carols, wassail, and Southern hospitality bring joy to one historic Mobile neighborhood each December.

Stocking Street in the Leinkauf District was actually named for John Stocking, who served as Mobile’s mayor from 1831 to 1834.

Following the Civil War, Mobile was slow to recover, but as the decades passed, things steadily improved. Business and civic leaders...

Mobile’s colorful history can be read in its street names. But these beloved and distinctive monikers, some going back three centuries, often lead to confusion....

The unearthed history of some of Church Street Graveyard's lesser-known residents.

At roughly 1:15 a.m. on the morning of January 23, 1909, a group of two dozen armed, masked men strolled into what was then called the New Jail at 104 Church Street and held a gun on a deputy to obtain the keys to the cells. A prisoner was taken by force out onto the street and dragged west.

That designated district, located south of Government Street, is named for the historic public school located on Church Street.

Over 125 years beyond its initial publication, Peter Joseph Hamilton's “Colonial Mobile” remains an essential source.

Explore the history of Mobile's Spanish Plaza and how the local landmark has been updated in recent years.