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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Georgia

222 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Georgia

Updated November 16, 2025
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  1. Athens
  2. Atlanta
  3. Augusta
  4. Blairsville
  5. Cartersville
  6. Chamblee
  7. Clayton
  8. Columbus
  9. Decatur
  10. Elberton
  11. Ellijay
  12. Helen
  13. Hinesville
  14. Jekyll Island
  15. Macon
  16. Marietta
  17. Rome
  18. Saint Simons Island
  19. Savannah
  20. Senoia
  21. St. Marys
  22. Summerville
  23. Thomasville

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Museums 29
Cemeteries 15
Nature 15
Outsider Art 14
Gravestones 13
Abandoned 13
History 12
Architecture 12

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Stories About Georgia

Who Were the Mysterious Moon-Eyed People of Appalachia?

Tales of strange, nocturnal people haunt the region—and so do theories about who they were, from a lost Welsh "tribe" to aliens.
by Hadley Meares
Vidalia onions must be planted, harvested, and cured by hand.

Looking for the Perfect Onion

From Georgia to New Zealand, the quest for a sweet, painless onion continues.
by Mark Kurlansky

Podcast: Grave Bells

We learn about a peculiar belief that was once widespread: the hope to be saved by a bell.
by The Podcast Team
If not for the Yazoo Land Scandal, Greater Georgia might have encompassed most or all of the current states of Mississippi and Alabama.

The Little-Known Land Fraud That Changed American History

Without this now-obscure land investment scheme, the Yazoo Land Affair, Georgia might have been a "super state."
by Frank Jacobs
There is a Future, 2020

Reclaiming Georgia's Stone Mountain Through Haunting Landscape Images

Photographer Sheila Pree Bright wanted to find a new way of seeing the site and its connection to centuries of racism.
by Line Sidonie Talla Mafotsing
Lucinda Bunnen (American, born 1930), Nellie Mae Rowe’s House, 1971, chromogenic print, collection of the artist.

Podcast: Nellie Mae Rowe's Playhouse

Inside an artistic, whimsical playhouse.
by The Podcast Team
An Ossabaw hog in captivity in Savannah.

Saving the Hogs of Ossabaw Island

An eccentric heiress, a daring mission, and the fight for North America’s most unusual pig.
by Diana Hubbell

Podcast: Lake Lanier

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
by The Podcast Team

Lists Featuring Georgia

Red Seabeach
The otherworldly landscape of Padar Island.
Black Sand Beach

10 Unique Beaches From Around the World

From bright red grass to stranded shipwrecks, these beaches are anything but ordinary.

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Including Driftwood Beach, Red Beach , and Padar Island

Aerial image of Vietnam, displaying the picturesque rice terraces, characterized by their layered, verdant fields.
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