Savannah, Georgia
Dotson Runway Graves
Two flush headstones mark the only known graves to be embedded in an airport runway.
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Savannah, Georgia
Two flush headstones mark the only known graves to be embedded in an airport runway.
Columbus, Georgia
Coca Cola may be "the real thing" but its inventor, buried at this Georgia gravesite, called it a "valuable brain tonic."
Jekyll Island, Georgia
If all members were present at the table, a sixth of the world's wealth would be under the same roof.
Blairsville, Georgia
Georgia's highest point was given its strange name thanks to a simple translation error.
Roswell, Georgia
A vast collection of rare, historical, and vintage supercomputers.
Atlanta, Georgia
One of corporate America's best-kept secrets is also one of the most publicly displayed.
Decatur, Georgia
A late-night restaurant empire was launched from this humble storefront.
Savannah, Georgia
Tucked away inside a historic Savannah hotel is a hundred-year history presented in ladies' lids.
St. Marys, Georgia
Interactive modern and vintage submarine equipment, World War II relics, and submarine attire.
Griffin, Georgia
Could this grave be the true resting place of legendary gunfighter "Doc" Holliday? Unclear.
Savannah, Georgia
A unique museum dedicated to the Gullah-Geechee people, housed within an old oyster cannery.
Atlanta, Georgia
A local dive where religious kitsch, Southern identity, and queer culture collide.
Atlanta, Georgia
The world's first time capsule lies behind a welded steel door in Atlanta.
Alpharetta, Georgia
A man's home is his castle.
Cherry Log, Georgia
An impressive collection is dedicated to the legendary beast.
Lilburn, Georgia
This intricate Hindu temple is the largest of its kind outside of India itself and was constructed like a giant puzzle.
Milledgeville, Georgia
One of the largest-ever mental hospitals now sits abandoned, surrounded by 25,000 unmarked graves.
Atlanta, Georgia
This stone is a marker of one millionaire's personal vendetta against gravity.
Anniston, Alabama
This small cemetery contains the graves of prisoners of war who were interred at Fort McClellan during World War II.
Birmingham, Alabama
In 1911 this intersection was called "the heaviest corner in the South," an outlandish claim that only grew wilder over the years.
Birmingham, Alabama
The metal spire on the roof of this tower was intended as an airship docking station, but it was never actually used.
Clayton, Alabama
In 1863, a woman buried her hard-drinking husband beneath his beloved booze.
Birmingham, Alabama
This fountain was commissioned by a mother grieving over her son's passing.
Montgomery, Alabama
The whimsical construction on the roof has given rise to many a Montgomery myth about its contents.