Thomson, Georgia
The Old Rock House
Built in 1785, this residence is the oldest stone house in Georgia.
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Thomson, Georgia
Built in 1785, this residence is the oldest stone house in Georgia.
Columbus, Georgia
Coca Cola may be "the real thing" but its inventor, buried at this Georgia gravesite, called it a "valuable brain tonic."
Helen, Georgia
This lovely burial mound is actually a replica that was installed after archeologists excavated the original.
Marietta, Georgia
This abstract roadside poultry was saved from demolition by outraged drivers and pilots.
Thomasville, Georgia
This historic oak tree has been around for over 300 years and might last for 300 more so long as it doesn't fall apart first.
Griffin, Georgia
Could this grave be the true resting place of legendary gunfighter "Doc" Holliday? Unclear.
Gainesville, Georgia
A mysterious inscription may hold a clue about the "Lost Colony" of Roanoke.
Atlanta, Georgia
Civil War soldiers, captains of industry, and paupers all interred on historic grounds.
Cartersville, Georgia
These ancient ritual mounds are our best window into the culture of the ancient Mississippians.
Athens, Georgia
A white oak with property rights.
Savannah, Georgia
One of Savannah's oldest and most haunted cemeteries, featuring graves desecrated by Sherman's Union Army.
Clayton, Georgia
A curious whirlpool formation supposedly capable of entangling or engulfing branches, tree trunks, or whole rafts full of hapless tourists.
Cherry Log, Georgia
An impressive collection is dedicated to the legendary beast.
Walker County, Georgia
The perfectly named cave drop is the deepest in the continental United States, almost matching the height of Seattle’s Space Needle.
Warrior, Alabama
In Rickwood Caverns, visitors can travel hundreds of feet underground and see beautiful formations unique to the region.
Wetumpka, Alabama
One of almost 200 confirmed impact craters in the entire world, untouched for tens of millions of years.
Childersburg, Alabama
Since it formed millions of years ago, this cave system has been a sacred burial ground, a Prohibition-era speakeasy, and the center of an amusement park.
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
The first space rock known to have struck a human.
Orrville, Alabama
This ghost town houses the remains of Alabama's old state capital.
Birmingham, Alabama
Once one of the largest producers of pig iron in the world.
Moundville, Alabama
A collection of huge Pre-Colombian structures in Alabama.
Montgomery, Alabama
Cadillac where country's first big star was found dead.
Tuscumbia, Alabama
You'll need cowboy boots to trek to this old-fashioned saloon nestled in a giant natural cave.
Haleyville, Alabama
148 feet long and in the middle of a verdant forest.