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Andersonville National Historic Site
496 Cemetery Road
Columbus, Georgia
229-924-0343
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Admission Charged
Andersonville, or Camp Sumter as it was officially known, was one of the largest of many Confederate military prisons established during the Civil War.
Coca Cola Space Science Center
701 Front Avenue
Columbus, Georgia
706-649-1470
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Admission Charged
Created and operated by Columbus State University, the Coca-Cola Space Science Center opened in 1996. Located on the banks of the Chattahoochee River, Columbus GA, USA, the Center provides a unique on-site learning experience for all ages.
Confederate Naval War Museum
102 Victory Drive
Columbus, Georgia
706-327-9798
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A visit to Port Columbus will allow visitors to place their feet in the shoes of those who made history in the sea services of the Union and Confederate Navies during the Civil War. Visit the original Confederate warships in the collection, some of the rarest and most significant Civil War artifacts in the nation, and reconstructed ships in which the visitor can feel how it must have been to live and work.
National Infantry Museum
Located at Fort Benning
Fort Benning, Georgia
706-689-0067
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The National Infantry Museum, established at the Home of the U.S. Infantry in 1959. Over 100,000 visitors each year trace with pride the footsteps of infantrymen from the 1607 wilderness of Virginia to the 1991 sands of the Persian Gulf, from the French Charleville flintlock musket to the atomic Davy Crockett, from victory at Yorktown to events in Vietnam.
Pine Mountain Wild Animal Safari
1300 Oak Grove Road
Pine Mountain, GA 31822
800-367-2751 or 706-663-8744
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Admission Charged
From the moment you enter the gates of the A Wild Animal Safari, you begin an unforgettable encounter that spans seven continents. During a fascinating excursion through the 500-acre park, you will see hundreds of wild and exotic species of animals from around the world. Most of these beautiful creatures roam and graze freely.
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Callaway Gardens
Pine Mountain, GA 31822-2000
800-CALLAWAY (225-5292)
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Callaway Gardens is an award-winning, 14,000-acre resort and gardens nestled in the southernmost foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, in Pine Mountain, Georgia.
Columbus Steeplechase at Callaway Gardens
1017 Second Avenue
Pine Mountain, Georgia
706-324-6252
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Admission Charged
The Steeplechase at Callaway, known as the "event of the season," and always falling on the first Saturday in November, brings family and friends together to watch thoroughbred horses race over timber and brush hurdles. Tailgating together, either in box seats or in the infield, guests select their favorite horse in each of the five sanctioned races and cheer them to the finish; they entertain their children with pony rides, Jack Russell Terrier races, rock wall climbing or Bare Ware Pottery opportunities. There are bagpipers and blacksmiths, as well as the parade of Midland Foxhounds and the WGSY Sunny 100 Tailgate Competition. Additional activities include two junior races for selected competitive riders sixteen and younger, a chefs' competition, and a raffle. The day includes with a variety of entertainment for all ages.
FDR’s Little White House
401 Little White House Road
Warm Springs, Georgia
706-655-5970
Open seven days a week, 9:00 am - 4:45 pm, except Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Day.
Admission Charged
Located near Callaway Gardens and the town of Warm Springs
Searching for relief from polio, Franklin D. Roosevelt first came to Warm Springs, Georgia in 1924 to swim in the springs' naturally heated water. Enchanted with the area, he built a vacation cottage on the side of Pine Mountain while running for president in 1932. During his trips to Georgia, he spent many hours visiting neighbors and learning of their difficulties, especially during the Great Depression. The Warm Springs cottage became known as the "Little White House".
Some of the most
far-reaching policies of the New Deal were actually formed in the Little White
House. The ideas for the National Bank Holiday and the Rural Electrification
Administration each had their inception in its rooms. Many techniques for
improving livestock breeding, crop rotation and reforestation were developed and
demonstrated near Roosevelt's Little White House. The Civilian Conservation
Corps, "the CCC" as it was called, employed many a young local man during the
Depression years.
