Maybe you’ve made the trip between Mobile and Tuscaloosa without hopping interstates, and just making a straight beeline south down the west side of the state... Or maybe you haven’t. You’ll start on Highway 69 going south through Moundsville all the way to Greensboro (not to be confused with Forrest Gump’s hometown of Greenbow), where you’ll see plantation estates alongside much smaller dwellings in a very stark reminder of the past of South.
From there, Highway 25 cuts through the heart of the Blackbelt. South of Greensboro, the road opens up into sprawling farms, ranches, silos, and catfish ponds.