The New York Times released its list of "52 Places to Go in 2018" earlier today, and one Alabama city is included alongside such international destinations as Seville, Spain; Oslo, Norway; and La Paz, Bolivia.

Montgomery, Alabama's state capital and the first capital of the Confederacy, is No. 49 on the Times' list.

The Times piece specifically cited the upcoming opening of the National Memorial for Peace and Justice as the reason travelers should visit Montgomery this year.

Under the headline "A monument to the victims of racial terror rises in a Confederate capital," here is what Elaine Glusac wrote for the Times:

"A number of monuments in Montgomery hail the Confederacy. Come April, one new memorial will speak for the victims of slavery and prejudice. On a hilltop overlooking the city, the National Memorial for Peace and Justice from the nonprofit Equal Justice Initiative will consist of 800 suspended columns etched with the names of over 4,000 victims. Another 800 columns, dedicated to the counties where lynchings occurred, will lie in an adjacent garden until claimed by and erected in those counties."

New Orleans, which celebrates its tricentennial in 2018, is No. 1 on the Times' list.

To read the entire list of "52 Places to Go in 2018," go here.

In 2016, The New York Times also took a 36-hour tour of Birmingham, which included visits to such Magic City dining hot spots as Post Office Pies, OvenBird, Highlands Bar and Grill and Saw's Soul Kitchen, as well as The Market at Pepper Place and the Negro Southern League Museum.