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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Saint Simons Island

2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Saint Simons Island, Georgia

Updated August 9, 2017

Unusual Attractions in Saint Simons Island

Saint Simons Island, Georgia

Saint Simons Island Tree Spirits

Carved faces add a touch of magic to this island's impressive oak trees.

Saint Simons Island, Georgia

Fort Frederica

The remnants of the fortress that saved Georgia from the Spanish still stand guard on their swampy island.

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Jekyll Island, Georgia

Driftwood Beach

Constant erosion has created a surreal landscape of bleached and preserved fallen trees.

3 miles from Saint Simons Island

Jekyll Island, Georgia

Horton House

Georgia's first brewery is also one of its oldest surviving buildings.

4 miles from Saint Simons Island

Jekyll Island, Georgia

DuBignon Cemetery

A modest walled graveyard where nobody is actually buried.

4 miles from Saint Simons Island

Brunswick, Georgia

Brunswick Stew Monument

This monument claims to display the first pot used to cook a famed Southern stew.

6 miles from Saint Simons Island

Jekyll Island, Georgia

Jekyll Island Amphitheater

The ruins of an open-air theater built on this Georgia island in the 1970s.

6 miles from Saint Simons Island

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