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A life-sized baby elephant tombstone marks the grave of a circus owner at a country church in southern Georgia.

An abandoned munitions storage facility with a rich architectural history.

No passport is required to eat around the world at this elegant restaurant.

Unruly residents were housed in this one-person cell until the Black Maria arrived.

Proceeds from this colorful teahouse in a historic Atlanta neighborhood directly fund women’s education in northeast India.

An abandoned town is hidden in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

This museum honors one of Cedartown's favorite sons.

The only zoo where you can buy animals that won't need feeding.

This labyrinth was designed to help visitors focus and meditate.

The Okefenokee Swamp houses this "incredibobble" tribute to the creator of America’s favorite cartoon possum.

Located on the campus of Emory University, this museum is filled with objects from the Americas to ancient Greece.

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

Tombstone of a dog that greeted passengers at the Southern Railway Depot.

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

This wondrous hideaway is suspended in a bamboo forest above a sanctuary for rescued llamas and alpacas.

An eerie site of reverence for those who have completed an epic journey.

This collection of ferns from across the globe is the largest assortment in the United States.

A late-night restaurant empire was launched from this humble storefront.

An unusual art exhibition in a suburban yard is designed to awaken the souls of those flowing by.

A little-known mural reveals the hydrological reason for Atlanta's founding in this location.

A popular oddity on display in a stately building, offering a symbolic commentary.

A local dive where religious kitsch, Southern identity, and queer culture collide.

A herd of plastic cows hangs out under this transmission tower in rural Georgia.

This mysterious twin turboprop Grumman G-159 covered in graffiti has spent a decade and a half abandoned.