Ruins in Georgia

Discover 12 unusual ruins in Georgia.

Woodstock, Georgia

Olde Rope Mill Ruins

A 19th-century mill complex once powered by three waterways still leaves visible traces in the woods.

Savannah, Georgia

Wormsloe State Historic Site

The tabby ruin is Savannah’s oldest surviving structure.

View from the top

Jekyll Island, Georgia

Jekyll Island Amphitheater

The ruins of an open-air theater built on this Georgia island in the 1970s.

Crenelation like battlements overlooking Sope Creek

Marietta, Georgia

Sope Creek Paper Mill Ruins

The ruins of a paper mill destroyed during the Civil War still tower over a tributary of the Chattahoochee River.

Old Car City in White, Georgia.

Old Car City

One of the world's largest automobile junkyards is a unique landscape of metal and moss.

Permanently Closed

A portion of the ruins. This is a photo from the rear of the manor.

Summerville, Georgia

Corpsewood Manor

Crumbling ruins mark the site of a couple's grisly murder in the woods.

Horton House 2007, the house was built in 1742

Jekyll Island, Georgia

Horton House

Georgia's first brewery is also one of its oldest surviving buildings.

The New Manchester Manufacturing Company

Lithia Springs, Georgia

The New Manchester Manufacturing Company

The ruins of a cotton mill that was burned in the Civil War are still hidden in a Georgia forest.

Fort Frederica

Saint Simons Island, Georgia

Fort Frederica

The remnants of the fortress that saved Georgia from the Spanish still stand guard on their swampy island.

Georgia Nuclear Aircraft Laboratory

Silver City, Georgia

Georgia Nuclear Aircraft Laboratory

The remains of one of America's first radiation testing grounds still rest ominously in a Georgia forest.

(Flickr/Frank Kehren)

St. Marys, Georgia

Dungeness Ruins

Ruins of a Carnegie family mansion on Cumberland Island.

Permanently Closed

Here is one of the solitary confinement rooms. NOTE: the entire second floor has been burned down since these photos were taken. Little of this area remains.

Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta Prison Farm

The beauty of urban decay, hiding some dark secrets.