Georgia has its share of the genuinely strange — a state where the most haunted city in America sits on the coast, a Bigfoot museum occupies a mountain town, and an artist has spent decades building doll-head sculptures in an Atlanta nature park. These are the six most unusual attractions in Georgia, from Savannah’s ghost tours to a 34-acre overgrown car graveyard.
Jump to: Savannah · Atlanta & Metro · North Georgia
Savannah
Savannah regularly tops lists of the most haunted cities in the United States. The city was built on top of multiple burial grounds, survived yellow fever epidemics that killed thousands, and has preserved its 18th and 19th-century architecture intact — a dense concentration of old buildings with long histories.
Sorrel Weed House
Chatham County · Savannah · Paid tour
A Greek Revival mansion built in 1840 and considered Savannah’s most notoriously haunted address. The house’s history includes the suicide of the owner’s wife and the alleged murder of a enslaved woman on the property. Paranormal investigators have documented unusually high activity here, and it has appeared on multiple ghost-hunting television programs.
Ghost tours run day and night; the evening candlelight tour is the most atmospheric. Located on Madison Square in the historic district.
Moon River Brewing Company
Chatham County · Savannah · Brewery and bar
A craft brewery operating inside an 1821 hotel building on Bay Street — claimed by multiple paranormal investigators to be the most haunted bar in the United States. The building was a hotel, a post office, and a cotton warehouse before becoming a brewery. Ghost Adventures and multiple other television programs have filmed episodes here. Apparitions are reportedly concentrated in the basement and upper floors.
The beer is good regardless of the ghosts. The taproom is open daily; ghost tours of the building are available separately.
Atlanta & Metro
Doll’s Head Trail
DeKalb County · Atlanta · Free
A 1.5-mile nature trail in Constitution Lakes Park where local artist Joel Slaton has, over 20+ years, assembled hundreds of discarded doll heads, toy parts, ceramic shards, and found objects into sculptures along the path. The installations shift with each visit as Slaton adds new pieces and the natural environment grows around them.
The park itself is a genuine urban wildlife refuge with lake views and regular bird sightings. The doll head sculptures are unsettling in exactly the right way. Free, open daily.
The Big Chicken
Cobb County · Marietta · Free (exterior)
A 56-foot sheet-metal chicken perched on top of a KFC franchise on US-41 in Marietta — built in 1963 and so embedded in Atlanta-area culture that locals use it as a serious navigational reference point. (“Turn left at the Big Chicken.”) The beak opens and closes; the eyes rotate. It was nearly demolished in 1993 before public outcry saved it. Now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
A free and quick photo stop, 18 miles northwest of downtown Atlanta.
North Georgia
Expedition: Bigfoot! The Sasquatch Museum
Gilmer County · Cherry Log / Blue Ridge area · Paid admission
One of the only dedicated Sasquatch museums in the world, with exhibits covering documented Bigfoot sightings across the US, plaster cast footprints, cultural representations from Indigenous traditions, and the full history of North American cryptid evidence. Located in the Blue Ridge mountains area, a region with a long tradition of Bigfoot sightings in the Appalachian foothills.
About 90 miles north of Atlanta near Blue Ridge. A natural add-on to a North Georgia mountain weekend.
Old Car City USA
Bartow County · White · Paid admission
A 34-acre junkyard with over 4,000 vintage American cars from the 1920s through 1970s slowly being consumed by North Georgia forest. The overgrowth has transformed the property into an outdoor sculpture garden of rusted metal and kudzu — a favorite of photographers and urban explorers. The collection was assembled over 50 years by Walter Lewis.
Admission includes a walking map and access to the full property. Photography is encouraged. Located about 45 miles north of Atlanta near Cartersville.