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“A dynamic blend of art, music
and history ... not to be missed.”
—Richard Moe, NTHP
Experience Southern culture
in a distinctive destination.
Cool art. Hot spots.
Big bites. Chic shops.
800.653.0603
VisitAthensGA.com
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Let yourself go off the beaten path to Georgia’s International
City. Warner Robins beckons adventurous travelers with a
colorful, eclectic mix of cultural experiences and attractions.
Championship golf, antique shopping, spa pampering, and
family fun at Robins AFB Air Show, Georgia Golden Olympics
and Koi Pond Tour of Gardens are just a few options.
Let your spirit soar like an eagle at the Museum of
Aviation, free to the public, featuring dozens of vintage planes
and the SR-71 “Blackbird,” the world’s fastest aircraft.
Let your mind wander back in time beneath shady trees at
the Mossy Creek Barnyard Festival where rustic banks are
brimming with whimsical folk art, authentic American crafts
and simply southern exhibits.
Let your body rejuvenate with an exquisite meal and a
restful night. Warner Robins offers over 105 international
restaurants and 1,650 local hotel rooms.
Only 90 miles south of Atlanta. For more information call
(888) 288-9742 or visit www.warnerrobinsga.gov.
Named Best Georgia City to Raise a Family by BusinessWeek
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Athens Welcome Center/Classic City Tours
1820’s house museum offering
local information, maps,
brochures and a gift shop. Daily
guided tours of Athens, plus selfguided, audio and PodTours.
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706-769-2633
280 E. Dougherty St.
706-353-1820
866-455-1820 • www.athenswelcomecenter.com
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The State Botanical
Garden of Georgia
Numerous display gardens include
one within a tropical conservatory.
Nature trails meander through the
313 acre site. Gift shop and coffee
shop. 706-542-1244
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• www.uga.edu/botgarden
Georgia Museum of Art
Georgia's official art museum, located
on the UGA campus in Athens, is open
Wednesday through Sunday with free
admission.
706-542-GMOA (4662) www.georgiamuseum.org
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Terrapin Beer Company
Open Wednesday - Saturday from
5:30 - 7:30 p.m. for tours, live music,
and tastings of Terrapin's awardwinning range of brews!
706-549-3377
www.terrapinbeer.com
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Ashford Manor B&B
1893 Victorian Estate with full amenity
overnight accommodations, including free
internet; 5 acres of gardens in the
downtown historic district.
T.R.R. Cobb House
The home of Thomas Reade
Rootes Cobb, co-founder of
the UGA law school and
principal author of the
Confederate Constitution,
now serves as a historic
house museum. Tue. - Sat., 10 am - 4 pm.
706-369-3513 • www.trrcobbhouse.org
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Downtown Athens
Unique Shopping, Delicious
Dining and a World-Class Music
Scene: all in a fabulousHistoric
District...Downtown Athens...”Its
All Here.” One of 2009’s Dozen
Distinctive Destinations.
706-353-1421 • www.downtownathensga.com
www.ambedandbreakfast.com
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Eagle Tavern
Eagle Tavern, opened in 1801 as
a stagecoach stop and tavern, is
one of the oldest surviving
structures in Oconee County.
For tours of this facility and others, please call the Oconee
County Welcome Center. Step-on guide available.
706-769-5197 • www.visitoconee.com
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Monastery of the Holy Spirit
A beautiful and tranquil
setting for Trappist Monks
who have made their home
in Conyers for over sixtyseven years. Experience the
new $6.5 million Monastic
Heritage Center, a 17,000
square foot innovative
complex, featuring a Visitors Center, Bonsai Garden Center,
Abbey Store, and café.
800-CONYERS • www.trappist.net
10 Georgia International
Horse Park
A venue of the Atlanta
Centennial Olympic Games,
this 1400 acre multi-purpose
facility hosts a year-round
calendar of events of fairs,
festivals, concerts, rodeos, golf, dog and car shows along
with horse, mountain bike and nature trails.
800-CONYERS • visit.conyersga.com
11 Olde Town Conyers
A Main Street city, it offers
unique shopping, delightful
eateries, take a leisurely stroll
through the Lewis Vaughn
Botanical Gardens, or explore
its charming residential area.
Just 30 minutes from Atlanta,
make your first stop at the Conyers Welcome Center located
in the historic train depot.
800-CONYERS • visit.conyersga.com
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Heritage Hall –
Rogers House –
Rose Cottage
Porterdale, Georgia
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places – Porterdale
Village has the largest number of original mill houses in the state.
770-786-2217 • www.cityofporterdale.com
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Oxford, Georgia
Home of Oxford College/Emory University - Offering self-guided
walking tours of Soldiers cemetery, Old Church, Kitty’s Cottage,
historical homes and much more.
770-786-7004 • www.cityofoxfordga.com
770-784-8888 • www.emory.edu/oxford
14 Covington, Georgia
Historic downtown
Covington’s shopping and
dining district is made up of
art galleries, specialty shops
and dining choices to please
everyone. Self-guided home
and movie tours available.
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Town Park
Save the date for great
festivals, concerts and
movies happening in our
outdoor event facility,
located in historic
downtown Madison.
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Social Circle, Georgia
Come out and experience all that Social
Circle, Georgia has to offer from the
great antique shopping to the world
renowned southern food. “Georgia’s
Greatest Little Town” is truly an
experience not to be missed!
770-464-1866
www.socialcirclega.com
Blue Willow Inn Restaurant
Voted Best in the South by Southern Living Readers.
Features Southern cuisine in turn of the century Greek
Revival Mansion. Just off I-20 Exit 98 on Ga. Hwy. 11.
800-552-8813 • www.bluewillowinn.com
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706-342-9627 • www.friendsofheritagehall.org
706-342-1251 • www.madisonga.com
800-616-8626 • www.newtonchamber.com
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Tour Antebellum homes in
downtown Madison –
open daily. Guided tours
to “the Town Sherman
Refused to Burn”.
Madison-Morgan Cultural Center
Visit an award winning
Romanesque Schoolhouse –
now the Center for performing
and visual arts in Madison.
Open for touring and special
events.
706-342-4743
www.mmcc-arts.org
Rock Eagle
Visit the Rock Eagle Mound,
a stone effigy in the shape
of a prone bird built by
Native Americans. The
mound is listed on the
National Register of Historic
Places and is open to the public free of charge.
706-484-2800 • www.rockeagle4h.org
21 Cuscowilla Golf
Resort on Lake Oconee
Award Winning Golf, Quality
Accommodations and
Exception-al Dining. The
perfect destination for golf
outings, events, retreats and
vacations.
800-458-5351 • www.cuscowilla.com
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Rock Hawk Park & Trails
This outdoor classroom has hundreds of educational
displays along fifteen miles of trails that surround and lead
to the Rock Hawk Effigy with observational tower.
706-485-7701 • www.rockhawk.org
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Georgia’s Lake
Country
Enjoy the charm and
southern hospitality of the
historic communities that
make up Georgia’s Lake
Country. Resorts, Retreats
and Relaxation await you at
Lakes Oconee and Sinclair. www.galakecountry.com
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Uncle Remus Museum
Georgia's Peach Blossom Trail
Stretching from the south
metro-Atlanta area to the rich
growing fields of middle
Georgia. The trail follows the
route of US 41 and US 341
starting in Clayton County and
continues south through Henry,
Spalding, Lamar, Monroe,
Crawford and Peach Counties before ending in Houston County.
Paralleling Interstate 75, this trail takes you on a rural trek
along historic highways and byways. Take the road less
traveled and see the “real” Georgia.
The stories Brer Rabbit and de
critters are captured in shadow boxes,
period memorabilia, first edition books
and wonderful storytelling. Open Mon.Sat. 10 am – 5 pm and Sunday, 2 pm
– 5 p.m.
www.peachblossomtrail.com
29 Forsyth and
Monroe County
Georgia
706-485-6856
uncleremus.com/
museum.html
Targets, trails and fried
green tomatoes. Visit the
movie set for Fried Green
Tomatoes, hike a trail or
visit civil war sites.
25 Charlie Elliott
Wildlife Center
888-642-4628
www.themiddleofeverywhere.com
Outdoor opportunities abound
on this 6400-acre wildlife
management area, public
fishing area, and education
center. Trails, lakes, museum.
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770-784-3059
www.georgiawildlife.com
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Scenic Byway
Trailhead
29 miles of rolling pastures
and dense pine forests
encompass SR 11N and SR
83N along Monticello
Crossroads Scenic Byways.
Trailhead Center is located at the Monticello Government
Complex/Visitor’s Center.
Jarrell Plantation State Historic Site
Explore an 1850’s southern
plantation with original
houses, furnishings, cotton
gin, and mills, a gift of the
family that owned it for more
than 140 years, surviving
General Sherman’s “March
to the Sea,” and the cotton
boll weevil. Half-mile walk.
478-986-5172 • www.georgiastateparks.org
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Clinton, a unique antebellum
county seat established
in 1808, is a town that
time forgot. Site of Old
Clinton War Days Festival
and Re-enactment
706-468-8994 • www.jaspercountyga.org
27 Indian Spring Hotel/
Museum and Village
Relive the signing of the 1825
Treaty of Indian Springs at this
historic 1823 hotel/museum,
built by Chief William
McIntosh.
770-775-3313
www.buttscountyhistoricalsociety.org
Old Clinton
Historic District
each Spring.
478-986-1123 • www.jonescounty.org
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Old Governor’s
Mansion
Andalusia
Home of noted American
author Flannery O’Connor.
This picturesque farm
served as an inspiration
for many of her stories.
Open for tours 10am-4pm,
Mon-Tues & Thur-Sat.
Once home to the governors
of Georgia and for a time,
General Sherman, this
National Historic Landmark
mansion now serves
as a historic museum.
478-454-4029 • www.andalusiafarm.org
478-445-4545 • www.gcsu.edu/mansion
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33 Old State Capital
478-453-3993 • www.antebelluminn.com
800-653-1804 • www.visitmilledgeville.org
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Georgia’s Old Capital Museum
The Museum in the Old
Capitol is the place to start
any visit to this area. Exhibits
recount the history of the
Oconee River basin and
Milledgeville from the first
visits of Native Americans
into the Twentieth Century.
Antebellum Inn
Featuring elegant rooms &
suites, wireless internet,
wrap-around porches & a
saltwater pool this beautiful
Greek Revival inn is the
perfect getaway. Located
in historic downtown.
Considered the first example
of Gothic architecture in a
public building, it served as
Georgia’s seat of government for over 60 years.
Now home to Georgia
Military College.
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Hay House
The National Historic
Landmark "Palace of the
South," completed in 1859,
is considered one of the
finest antebellum homes
in America.
478-742-8155
www.hayhouse.org
478-453-1803 • www.oldcapitalmuseum.org
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The Cannonball House
This stately Greek Revival home
was struck by a cannonball in 1864.
Also see the original brick
kitchen/servants’ quarters and
Confederate Civil War collection.
35 Lockerly Arboretum
A fifty-acre public garden
located one mile south of
Milledgeville. The centerpiece
of the garden is Lockerly Hall,
c. 1852, a Greek revival style
mansion.
478-745-5982
www.cannonballhouse.org
478-452-2112
www.lockerly.org
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Historic
Trolley Tour
Experience the Antebellum
south as you board the
Convention & Visitors
Bureau trolley and enjoy a
two-hour guided tour of this
historic city.
800-653-1804 • www.visitmilledgeville.org
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Sidney Lanier
Cottage
Tour this restored 1840’s
cottage. Birthplace of
noted 19th century poet
and musician, Sidney
Clopton Lanier. Open Mon. – Sat., 10 am – 4 pm.
478-743-3851
www.historicmacon.org/sidney-lanier-cottage.html
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Historic Downtown Byron
Antebellum homes,
1870 Depot Museum
and Caboose, the
Welcome Center in a
restored 1920’s drug
store complete with
soda fountain.
888-686-3496 • www.tourbyron.com
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One of the largest
aviation museums in
the U.S. Over 100
aircraft and missiles,
flight simulators and
interactive exhibits on
51 acres. Off I-75, exit
144. Open daily 9 am - 5 pm.
478-926-6870 • www.museumofaviation.org
The Big Peach Antiques
Open year round, 28,000 sq. ft shopping filled with Antiques,
collectibles, furniture, jewelry and more. Local accommodations, restaurants and shopping.
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Byron Municipal Complex
Beautiful state of the art complex that offers conference
center, auditorium, lunchroom/kitchen facilities for meetings,
events or conferences. Located in historic downtown Byron.
478-922-8265
www.mossycreekfestival.com
478-956-2409 • www.tourbyron.com
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Cane River Vineyard
GeorgiaBob’s Cane River Vineyard is a Wine Tasting Room
specializing in Georgia Wines & specialty gifts. Only
available at Cane River Vineyard, “GeorgiaBob’s Cane
River” Signature Wines – “Peach Country Peach.”
866-330-VINO • www.canerivervineyard.com
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Lane Southern Orchards
Peaches, Pecans, and Strawberries.
Field Trips and Tours in season. Lunch
served daily. Fresh ice cream and
cobbler. Gifts and Mail Order.
800-277-3224
www.lanesouthernorchards.com
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Massee Lane
Gardens
Stroll through 9 acres of
beautiful camellias
plantings. The specialty
gardens include azaleas,
day lilies, roses and much more!
478-967-2358 • www.americancamellias.org
Mossy Creek
Barnyard Festival
In piney woods, discover very fine
artisans, old-timers demonstrating
skills, music, storytelling, magic,
ventriloquism, hayrides, country
cooking. 3rd weekends in April and
October.
478-956-1968 • www.bigpeachantiques.com
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Museum
of Aviation
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Perry, Georgia
Home of the Georgia National Fair,
Georgia National Rodeo and many
other award-winning events. Great
shopping and dining. Visit our
Welcome Center at Exit 135 off I-75.
478-988-8000
www.perryga.com
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Go Fish
Education Center
Perry’s newest attraction
features live exhibits,
interactive simulators, and a
casting pond. Open Friday –
Sunday. Take Exit 134 off I-75
and travel west 1/4 mile.
Affordable admission and fun
for the entire family.
478-988-6701
www.gofisheducationcenter.com