Jekyll Island, Georgia
Jekyll Island Amphitheater
The ruins of an open-air theater built on this Georgia island in the 1970s.
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Jekyll Island, Georgia
The ruins of an open-air theater built on this Georgia island in the 1970s.
Waycross, Georgia
The Okefenokee Swamp houses this "incredibobble" tribute to the creator of America’s favorite cartoon possum.
Elberton, Georgia
Home of Dutchy, an exhumed Confederate statue that was once torn down by an angry mob for looking stupid.
Townsend, Georgia
Dubbed the "smallest church in America," this tiny sanctuary was a local grocer's dream come true.
Marietta, Georgia
The ruins of a paper mill destroyed during the Civil War still tower over a tributary of the Chattahoochee River.
Whigham, Georgia
This protected reserve is home to a rare and beautiful species of flower.
Atlanta, Georgia
Civil War soldiers, captains of industry, and paupers all interred on historic grounds.
Plains, Georgia
This 13-foot smiling peanut in Georgia helped Jimmy Carter win the 1976 presidential election.
Dublin, Ireland
A particularly disconcerting tribute to Irish martyrs.
Dublin, Ireland
The somber sculptures commemorating Irish Famine on the river Liffey in Dublin.
Dublin, Ireland
Dublin's "Dead Zoo" serves as a window to Victorian museum design.
Dublin, Ireland
A museum that cashes in on its infamous little people while teaching you a thing or two about the Irish fey.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Decades' worth of lost and forgotten objects make up the collection of this tantalizingly odd little museum.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.
Las Vegas, Nevada
This incredible collection of vintage pinball machines can be played at 25 cents a pop.
Blue Ridge, Georgia
Turns out fishing with dynamite isn't all that safe.
Savannah, Georgia
An eerie smiling woman looms above the granite tombstones.
Jekyll Island, Georgia
A modest walled graveyard where nobody is actually buried.
Savannah, Georgia
More than a century after her death, Little Gracie Watson remains one of Savannah's most often-visited residents.
Buena Vista, Georgia
This folk art compound was built by a fortune teller on the advice of three people from the future.
Atlanta, Georgia
The largest puppetry museum in the United States houses the world's most complete collection of Jim Henson artifacts.
Atlanta, Georgia
Scattered around Atlanta are little doors with big charm.
Savannah, Georgia
Hidden amid the old-world charm of Savannah is a museum dedicated to the world of oddities and criminal history.