Tag: 50 Best Things to do in Georgia
Light a candle at the largest Hindu temple outside of India
With its pristine white exterior, intricately carved pillars, and towering spires, the sprawling 27,000-square-foot BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir stands out like the Taj Mahal next door to a Lilburn Walgreens.
Don your patriotic best for the Peachtree Road Race
A simple stars-and-stripes headband works, but don’t be surprised if the runner next to you sports a flag cape or Uncle Sam top hat.
Volunteer on the MLK Day of Service
Martin Luther King Jr. said: “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is: ‘What are you doing for others?’”
Make a presidential pilgrimage to Plains
In the dusty heart of South Georgia farmland, find Jimmy Carter’s presidential campaign headquarters, a tiny wooden depot that now serves as a museum.
Adopt a Cabbage Patch Kid at Babyland General Hospital
The conceit behind Cabbage Patch Kids is that they spring from cabbage plants in a “hospital” in Cleveland, the tiny northeast Georgia town where they were invented.
Bike all the way to ’Bama—or just a mile—on the Silver Comet Trail
This paved former railway cuts a 61.5-mile path from Smyrna to Alabama, passing junk-filled backyards and bucolic pine groves.
Attend a revival between the hedges at Sanford Stadium
If college football is a religion, then stadiums are its shrines, and one can argue that no spot deserves reverence more than UGA’s Sanford Stadium.
Commune with nature at the Hostel in a Forest
Down a dirt rut off Highway 82 near Brunswick, you can bunk up in a screened-in tree house (one of nine) among 133 acres of wetland woods with nothing but a simple bed, candles, and a tattered novel.
See every shade of Georgia clay at Providence Canyon
The “Little Grand Canyon” may look like a natural phenomenon, but it’s actually the result of human tampering.
Party with legends at the 40 Watt Club
Since its start as a rehearsal space for pioneering alt-rock band Pylon nearly 40 years ago, the 40 Watt Club in Athens has launched world-renowned local acts like R.E.M., the B-52s, Of Montreal, and Drive-by-Truckers, and hosted headliners from Snoop Dogg to Nirvana.
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