We can buy bananas whenever we want now but for much of the 19th century, the fruit was a rare and luxurious treat. Thankfully for Alabama fruit-lovers, the first banana shipment pulled into Mobile Bay in 1893,

Alabama continued to deal with snow on the ground on Thursday, two days after a historic Gulf Coast snowstorm. About 3 inches of snow was left on the ground Thursday morning at the National Weather Service office in Mobile. That’s nothing compared with the 7.5 inches the office had at the peak of the storm on Tuesday.

Snow records are falling right and left this week. But, it looks Mobile takes the cake so far. The six and a half inches that fell by mid day Tuesday topped the six inches of snow Alabama’s Port City saw in 1881.

It's been a while since it last snowed in Mobile, but snow is in the forecast for the city on Tuesday, and a winter storm watch is in effect. The photo above is from the Mobile office of the National Weather Service from a rare south Alabama snow in December of 1996. Joe Maniscalco/National Weather Service

The Pensacola area is forecast to receive between 4 to 6 inches of snow, but the National Weather Service says areas south of I-10 could see more.

According to a city official, the building's collapse will not alter the timeline for the structure's demolition that is expected to be substantially completed by mid-March.

In 1935, homes in Stoner Hill were all modest wooden structures except for three brick homes. Most were bungalows, single shotguns, with some double pen shotguns. A few were one-room small

MOBILE, Ala. ( WALA /Gray News) - An arena roof collapsed during a historic snowfall along the Alabama coast. Just after 11 a.m. Wednesday, the domed roof of the Mobile Civic Center collapsed. The city is in the process of demolishing the arena. A witness said he “heard and felt the ground shake” around the time the roof collapsed.

The roof of the Mobile Civic Center in Alabama collapsed due to record snowfall. The 60-year-old building, used as an arena, exposition hall and theater, closed in August. On Wednesday, nature got involved in the demolition process by caving the roof in under the weight of 7.5 inches of snow.

This week's unprecedented snowstorm was so powerful that it took out a popular stadium in Alabama. On Wednesday, photos and videos emerged on social media that showed what's left of the Mobile Civic Center.

Our mountains, creeks, and lakes in northeast Alabama draw visitors for its natural history and human history, as well. With this in mind, the area’s history is also a draw.

The National Weather Service had warned about a “significant” and “historic” snowstorm for south Alabama on Tuesday, and forecasters were right. Parts of south Alabama got record-setting amounts of snow on Tuesday. Mobile got 7.5 inches on Tuesday, which shattered its all-time record for snow, which had stood since 1895.