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Marietta

2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Marietta, Georgia

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Marietta, Georgia

Big Chicken

This abstract roadside poultry was saved from demolition by outraged drivers and pilots.

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St. James Episcopal Cemetery

An elegant Georgian cemetery best known for the grave of the little girl whose murder on Christmas Day remains unsolved.

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Mount Olive Cemetery

Small cemetery is all that remains of Atlanta's first black communities.

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Atlanta, Georgia

Crypt of Civilization

The world's first time capsule lies behind a welded steel door in Atlanta.

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Adalanta Desert

Beside some power panels, a plaque celebrates the history of an alternate world.

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The Dwarf Castle

A Man's Home is His Castle.

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The New Manchester Manufacturing Company

The ruins of a cotton mill that was burned in the Civil War are still hidden in a Georgia forest.

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Boiled Green Peanuts

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Boiled Green Peanuts

Roadside vendors in the Deep South soften fresh goobers with bubbling brine.

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