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3 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Columbus, Georgia

Updated February 15, 2016
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Lunch Box Museum

A stockpile of childhood lunch pails turned collectibles.
Pemberton’s grave in Columbus, Georgia

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Coca Cola Inventor's Grave

Coca Cola may be "the real thing" but its inventor, buried at this Georgia gravesite, called it a "valuable brain tonic."
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Circus Train Wreck Victims Memorial

Shaped like a big top tent, this memorial honors the victims of a terrible train wreck.
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Coca Cola Inventor's Grave

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