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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Jekyll Island

5 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Jekyll Island, Georgia

Updated October 24, 2022

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Jekyll Island, Georgia

Driftwood Beach

Constant erosion has created a surreal landscape of bleached and preserved fallen trees.

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 imfamous Jekyll Island Clubhouse

Jekyll Island, Georgia

Jekyll Island Club

If all members were present at the table, a sixth of the world's wealth would be under the same roof.

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Jekyll Island, Georgia

Jekyll Island Amphitheater

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

The cemetery is small and walled.

Jekyll Island, Georgia

DuBignon Cemetery

A modest walled graveyard where nobody is actually buried.

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A tree spirit.

Saint Simons Island, Georgia

Saint Simons Island Tree Spirits

Carved faces add a touch of magic to this island's impressive oak trees.

4 miles from Jekyll Island

Brunswick, Georgia

Brunswick Stew Monument

This monument claims to display the first pot used to cook a famed Southern stew.

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