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These days, travel is all about finding a unique place to spend your evenings, and a hotel in Florence has garnered national attention with its swanky-cool design, historical appeal and unusual hands-off approach to hospitality.

Kelly Kazek AL.com

The GunRunner Boutique Hotel, opened in 2017 at 310 East Tennessee St. in Florence, was named for a pawn shop once located in the sprawling brick building. In a previous life, the building housed an auto dealership and showroom. In fact, the hotel bar, shown in the background of the photo above, was built atop the massive elevator that lifted cars to the showroom floor.

Kelly Kazek – AL.com