Georgia

• The famous Forsyth Park fountain in Savannah was ordered from a catalog.

• The only county in Georgia named after a woman is Hart county, named for Nancy Hart, a patriot and warrior in the fight against the British during the Revolutionary War.

• Stone Mountain, near Atlanta, is one of the largest single masses of exposed granite in the world.

• Georgia was originally founded as a felon colony - In 1732, James Oglethorpe wanted to use the colony of Georgia as a place for prisoners who were unable to pay their debts.

• Georgia is home to the invention of the Cherokee written alphabet.


• All signs are required to be written in English.

• Acworth: All citizens must own a rake.

• Against the law to tie a giraffe to a telephone pole or street lamp.

• Donkeys may not be kept in bathtubs.

• Gainesville: Chicken must be eaten with the hands.

• It is illegal in Georgia to use profanity in the presence of a corpse.

• In Quitman, It is illegal for a chicken to cross the road.

• Jonesboro: It is illegal to say "Oh, Boy"

• Marietta: Though it is illegal to spit from a car or bus, citizens may spit from a truck.

• You cannot live on a boat for more than 30 days during the calendar year, even if just passing through the state.


• Morganton - Tank Town USA - Tank Town USA is the ultimate truck playground. Drive a military truck, tank, or excavator to crush smaller cars.

• Columbus - The Lunchbox Museum - Come see hundreds of antique lunchboxes that'll take you back to your childhood.

• Cartersville - Etowah Indian Mounds - The Etowah Mounds show the political and religious structure of thousands of Native Americans from 1000 A.D. to 1550 A.D.

• Saint Simons Island - Fort Fredrica - View the ancient remnants of a fort and town built by James Oglethorpe in 1736.

• Gainesville - Large Tiger Statue - This tiger is eight feet tall, 14 feet long, and weighs over a ton. It was sculpted in 2013 by Greg Johnson.