Skip to main content

Places to Visit Listed A-Z

North Georgia, Helen experience:
  1. Helen, Georgia [picturesque Bavarian village]
  2. Anna Ruby Falls [beautiful hike to this amazing waterfall]
  3. Chattahoochee River "shoot the 'Hooch" tubing experience
  4. Unicoi State Park mountain-top lodge and cabins
North Georgia, Atlanta experience
  1. Arabia Mountain (near Stonecrest, GA) {beautiful hike over a double stone mountain to amazing overlook to a lake}
North Georgia, Athens experience:
  1. Choo Choo Grill Express (Asian restaurant, Gainesville School Road, Athens, Georgia) {best Bulgoki (sweet & savory beef) and clumping fried rice, with cabbage and veg, and a reasonable price]
  2. Scull Shoals (near Penfield, GA) {ghost town, once the largest settlement in Greene County (consisting of over 500 homes) was finally abandoned when their covered bridge was swept two miles downstream}
Middle Georgia:
  1. Buc-ee's (near Warner Robins, Georgia) [feels like you're driving up to an amusement park: cheapest gasoline; 125 gas pumps; biggest bathrooms; delicious brisket sandwiches, jerky, beaver chips & nuggets, and store full of tasteful merchandise]
Ohio:
  1. Cedar Point (near Sandusky, Ohio) [best rollercoaster park]
Arizona:
  1. Desert View (Grand Canyon, Arizona) [over a mile deep hole in the ground]
North Florida, Lake City experience:
  1. Lake City Fairgrounds (Lake City, Florida) [boasts two Ferris wheels, helicopter rides, and the staging area for Florida hurricanes]
  2. Farm Stand (near Branford, Florida) [Mexican restaurant and fresh produce)
North Carolina, Wilmington experience:
  1. Fort Fisher-Southport Ferry (near Wilmington, North Carolina) [drive your car onto a ferry and ride across the sound]
  2. Kure Beach (near Wilmington, North Carolina)
  3. Hollywood Walk of Fame (Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, California) [where celebrities have their stars on the sidewalk]

  4. Little River Springs (near Branford, Florida [Colosseum-like concrete seating around the always-clear-blue, 72-degree springs that join the Suwannee River]
  5. KC's Produce (Lake City, Florida)

  6. Marriott Marquis Hotel (Atlanta, Georgia) [ride the elevator 500 feet up to the top of the hollow tube]
  7. Meteor Crater, Arizona [best-preserved meteor crater on Earth]
  8. Ocean Isle Beach (near Wilmington, North Carolina)
  9. Peachtree Tower and Sundial Restaurant (Atlanta, Georgia) [ride the elevator 700 feet up along the outside of the building until you reach the rotating restaurant at the top]
  10. Royal Springs (near Branford, Florida) [round diving pool springs drain along a rocky creek to the Suwannee River]
  11. Sakura Sushi (Live Oak, Florida) [Asian restaurant]
  12. Six Flags Over Georgia (Atlanta, Georgia) [amusement park]
  13. Southport (near Wilmington, North Carolina)
  14. Soyumi Sushi (Statesboro, Georgia) [Asian restaurant]
  15. Suwannee Springs Bridge (near Live Oak, Florida) [graffiti bridge]
  16. Taiyo Sushi & Ramen (Lawrenceville, Georgia) [Asian restaurant]
  17. Taziki's Mediterranean Cafe (Athens, Georgia)
  18. Unicoi State Park (near Helen, Georgia) [mountaintop cabins and lodge]
  19. U.S.S. North Carolina Battleship (near Wilmington, North Carolina)
  20. Wilmington, North Carolina [on the east shore of the Cape Fear River]

Comments