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Pasaquan
Buena Vista, Georgia
Folk art environment built by the late Eddie Owens Martin (St. EOM), restored and reopened in Oct. 2016.
Rock City
Lookout Mountain, Georgia
Mountaintop attraction designed by the wife of the man who invented miniature golf. Rocks, vistas, and the psychedelic Fairyland Caverns.
The New World of Coca-Cola
Atlanta, Georgia
A multi-million-dollar shrine to what Coca-Cola humbly calls "the most successful product in the history of commerce." Outdoor photo-op statue of the bearded Coke inventor.
Atlanta Cyclorama
Atlanta, Georgia
Sound 'n' light multimedia recreation of The Battle of Atlanta. Painted in 1886, reopened February 2019 after nearly four years of restoration. Look for Clark Gable's corpse.
Expedition Bigfoot, the Sasquatch Museum
Cherry Log, Georgia
A surprisingly well-mounted museum with Bigfoot listening stations, an array of Bigfoot footprints, and even a rare Bigfoot butt-print.
World Famous SamG Land
Clarkesville, Georgia
Sam Granger has filled his yard in the woods with colorful folk art, including the World's Largest Grit. Free hugs available to everyone.
BabyLand General Hospital
Cleveland, Georgia
Watch in awe (or horror) as puffy Cabbage Patch Kids are actually "born," delivered by doctors and nurses, from the Magic Crystal Tree.
The Panoramic Encyclopedia of Everything Elvis
Cornelia, Georgia
Joni Mabe's gallery-shrine-museum has over 30,000 items, including the Elvis Wart.
Tank Town USA: Drive Tanks, Crush Cars
Morganton, Georgia
For a fee, you can drive a tank over a junker car.
Jimmy Carter Peanut
Plains, Georgia
One of the oddest tributes to an American President -- a big, grinning goober outside of a mini-mart in Jimmy Carter's home town.
Billy Carter Gas Station Museum
Plains, Georgia
The legacy of President Jimmy Carter's colorful, beer-endorsing brother is chronicled in a replica of his service station.
Graveface Museum
Savannah, Georgia
Bills itself as the South's largest collection of oddities and curiosities. Includes rooms devoted to UFOs, Cults, Sideshow History, True Crime....
Howard Finster's Paradise Garden
Summerville, Georgia
Outsider artist turned pop culture celeb, Rev. Finster's park features his unique artwork and spiritual ramblings.
Museum of Aviation
Warner Robins, Georgia
The second-largest Air Force museum in the entire U.S. Acres of outdoor airplanes, and four giant hangars packed with exhibits. Open since 1984. And it's free.
Old Car City USA
White, Georgia
34 acres of forest and fields filled with weathered and deteriorating old American cars. Self-described "Photographers' Paradise." Gift shop sells the owner's quirky folk art.
Statue of Charles Lindbergh, Wing-Walker
Americus, Georgia
Charles Lindbergh was famous for flying solo across the Atlantic. This statue marks the spot where he first flew solo, period.
National Prisoner of War Museum
Andersonville, Georgia
An exhibit depicting "the moment of capture" has gun barrels stick out of a wall in a room suddenly lit with moving spotlights.
World's Largest Peanut
Ashburn, Georgia
Knocked down by a storm on Oct. 10, 2018. Rebuilt (in metal) and restored to its spot in June 2023.
Centers for Disease Control Museum
Atlanta, Georgia
The world's last hope against deadly pandemic and zombie apocalypse. Exhibits on disease prevention, detection, and the CDC mission.
Strange Graves of Oakland Cemetery
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta's oldest cemetery includes the jaunty mausoleum-topping statue of Jack Smith.
Atlanta History Center: Jeff Davis Underwear
Atlanta, Georgia
Confederate President Jefferson Davis not only lost the war, he also lost a hunk of his red flannel underwear.
James Brown Statue
Augusta, Georgia
The Godfather of Soul, immortalized in bronze, with signature cape and microphone.
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- Albany: Ray Charles Musical Revolving Sculpture [tips]
- Alto: School Bus Graveyard: Spray Art [tips]
- Americus: Statue of Charles Lindbergh, Wing-Walker
- Andersonville: National Prisoner of War Museum
- Ashburn: World's Largest Peanut
- Athens: World's Only Double-Barreled Cannon [tips]
- Atlanta: The New World of Coca-Cola
- Atlanta: The Great Fish
- Atlanta: The Varsity [tips]
- Atlanta: Atlanta Cyclorama
- Atlanta: Lord Dooley: Skeleton Statue Mascot
- Atlanta: The Millennium Gate
- Atlanta: Delta Flight Museum
- Atlanta: Centers for Disease Control Museum
- Atlanta: Strange Graves of Oakland Cemetery
- Atlanta: Atlanta History Center: Jeff Davis Underwear
- Augusta: James Brown Statue
- Augusta: Pexcho's American Dime Museum
- Blue Ridge: Muffler Man - Dr. Blue Ridge/Mr. Hobby [tips]
- Buena Vista: Pasaquan
- Calhoun: Rock Garden [tips]
- Cartersville: Giant Chrome Hood Ornament [tips]
- Cartersville: World's Largest Old West Art Museum [tips]
- Cedartown: Museum of Coca-Cola Memorabilia
- Cherry Log: Expedition Bigfoot, the Sasquatch Museum
- Clarkesville: World Famous SamG Land
- Cleveland: BabyLand General Hospital
- Colquitt: Giant Peanut Silo Mural [tips]
- Columbus: Lunch Box Museum
- Columbus: National Civil War Naval Museum
- Cordele: Confederate Nuclear Missile
- Cornelia: The Big Red Apple
- Cornelia: The Panoramic Encyclopedia of Everything Elvis
- Dahlonega: Site of the First US Gold Rush [tips]
- Dahlonega: Dahlonega Gold Museum
- Dallas: Paul Bunyan Muffler Man
- Dallas: Muffler Man Clown
- Dallas: Muffler Man: Amish Farmer - Mortimer Snerd
- Dallas: Big Mike: Muffler Man with Wrench
- Dallas: Uniroyal Gal: Wonder Woman
- Dallas: Mr. Bendo Muffler Man
- Dallas: Roadside Titans of Mike Whitman
- Decatur: Waffle House Museum
- Decatur: Monkey From Mars
- Decatur: Druid Hill [tips]
- East Point: Muffler Man [tips]
- Elberton: Dutchy, the Yankee Confederate [tips]
- Ellijay: Squidbillies: Early Cuyler [tips]
- Fort Moore: National Infantry Museum
- Gainesville: 20-Foot-Tall Rabbit
- Gray: Giant Wooden Sasquatch [tips]
- Jonesboro: Road to Tara Museum
- Kennesaw: Wildman's Store
- Kennesaw: The General
- Keysville: Shark and KFC Bucket [tips]
- Leslie: Georgia Rural Telephone Museum
- Lookout Mountain: Rock City
- Lumpkin: Little Grand Canyon of Georgia
- Macon: Allman Brothers Band Museum
- Macon: Bear of Terror
- Marietta: The Big Chicken
- Marietta: Giant Hands of Dr. Sid
- Marietta: Gone With the Wind Museum
- McRae: Home-Built Statue of Liberty Replica
- Morganton: Tank Town USA: Drive Tanks, Crush Cars
- Norcross: Twisted Guy (Not a Muffler Man) [tips]
- Plains: Jimmy Carter Peanut
- Plains: Billy Carter Gas Station Museum
- Powder Springs: Muffler Man Indian [tips]
- Rome: Babies Suckling on Wolf [tips]
- Savannah: World Globe Storage Tank [tips]
- Savannah: Waving Girl
- Savannah: Black Holocaust Memorial: Folk Art
- Savannah: American Prohibition Museum
- Savannah: Graveface Museum
- Senoia: Walking Dead Town of Woodbury [tips]
- St. Marys: Carnegie Mansion - Dungeness Ruins [tips]
- St. Marys: Submarine on Land [tips]
- St. Simons Island: Tree Spirits of St. Simons Island [tips]
- Stone Mountain: Stone Mountain: Confederate Mount Rushmore [tips]
- Summerville: Howard Finster's Paradise Garden
- Toccoa: Statue of the World's Strongest Man
- Townsend: Smallest Church in America
- Tunnel Hill: Rebel Tunnel of Chetoogeta Mountain
- Warm Springs: Where FDR Died [tips]
- Warner Robins: Museum of Aviation
- Washington: Big Man the Muffler Man [tips]
- Waycross: Stuckie the Mummified Dog
- White: Old Car City USA