If you are looking for Ghost Towns or Dead Towns of Alabama. Towns that were once thriving communities and are now abandoned.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ghost_towns_in_Alabama
Map of Ghost towns in North Alabama. http://www.al.com/living/index.ssf/2017/08/take_a_ghost_town_road_trip_th.html
Map of Ghost towns in South Alabama. http://www.al.com/living/index.ssf/2017/06/take_an_alabama_ghost_town_roa.html
Cherokee county looks like a good place to spend some moto-time.
I have a never posted ride report on Bluffton/Rock Run somewhere on this computer, but anyhow look at this pic of the Rock Run Commissary...look just behind the structure that exists today.
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/BLuffton/i-Rq6X4fN/0/cb8b037d/M/rock-run-furnace_commissary-c1890-990w-M.jpg)
Glad I decided to stop into the new bamarides! This stuff is excellent content and far surpasses the typical "help me decide between bike a and b".
Thanks for sharing.