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Jekyll Island, Georgia
The Jekyll Island Club Historic District preserves the winter retreat built in the late 1800s for some of America's richest families,…
Savannah, Georgia
Now a National Historic Landmark, this Savannah house was the birthplace of Juliette Gordon Low, founder of the Girl Scouts, on October 31,…
Savannah, Georgia
Built in 1892 for iron works owner William Kehoe, his wife Anne, and their ten children, the Kehoe House lost at least one and likely two…
Marietta, Georgia
Built in 1845 as a cotton warehouse and converted into the Fletcher House hotel in 1855, this building beside the Western and Atlantic…
Kennesaw, Georgia
Visitors to Kennesaw Mountain describe Confederate soldiers in bloody, war-torn clothing who vanish when approached, translucent figures…
Tybee Island, Georgia
Tybee Island's light station traces back to 1736, though storms and erosion destroyed three earlier towers before the current one,…
Lawrenceville, Georgia
Little Gardens operates today as an event venue, and while local legend describes it as an 1800s plantation house, at least one historical…
Lula, Georgia
Lula's railroad trestle has a real and repeated history of pedestrian deaths on its tracks over the years, though the specific woman said…
Macon, Georgia
The Grand Opera House in Macon, now the Piedmont Grand Opera House, is a historic theater on Mulberry Street that has hosted performers for…
Savannah, Georgia
Laid out in 1837 on Bull Street and named for President James Madison, the square holds a statue of Sergeant William Jasper, a defender of…
Marietta, Georgia
Established in 1863 originally to bury 20 Confederate soldiers killed in a train wreck north of town, Marietta Confederate Cemetery grew…
Savannah, Georgia
Opened in 1851 by businesswoman Mary Marshall, the Marshall House is Savannah's oldest continuously operating hotel. It served as a…
West Point, Georgia
Built in the early 1870s by James Eichelburger McCosh, this grist mill ground corn and wheat for area farms on Wehadkee Creek until it…
Macon, Georgia
Boone Hall, completed in 1950, is named for Sallie Goelz Boone — "Miss Sallie" to generations of students — who worked at Mercer as a…
Savannah, Georgia
Visitors and staff at the Mercer-Williams House describe a chilling presence in the study and elsewhere in the house, tied by most tellers…
Savannah, Georgia
Staff at Moon River Brewing Company tell of a ghost named Toby in the basement, where candles snuffed on tables are said to flicker back to…
Dahlonega, Georgia
This pre-Civil War cemetery near Dahlonega Square is known for its "slot and tab" box tombs, a grave style found only in a small pocket of…
Sautee, Georgia
Built in 1876 by John Martin, founder of the still-operating Nora Mill Granary, this building later passed to the Hardman and Ivie families…
Canton, Georgia
New Hightower Baptist Church, known as "Hell's Church," and the cemetery across the road are ranked among Georgia's most haunted cemeteries…
Atlanta, Georgia
Oakland Cemetery's Confederate section holds roughly 6,900 burials from Sherman's 1864 campaign against Atlanta, about 3,000 of them…
Savannah, Georgia
Built in 1964 as the Downtowner Motor Lodge and later operated as a Ramada Inn before SCAD acquired it as a dormitory, Oglethorpe House has…
Athens, Georgia
Founded in 1801 as Athens's original public burial ground, this cemetery served the town from roughly 1810 to 1856 with no fee required,…
Madison, Georgia
Madison was spared by General Sherman's March to the Sea, leaving much of its historic district, including this building, standing today.…
Milledgeville, Georgia
Built in 1838 and designed by architect Charles Cluskey, this Greek Revival mansion served as the residence of Georgia's governors from…