Offbeat North Georgia

North Georgia's gloriously weird side: a Bigfoot museum, the Cabbage Patch Kids' birthplace, a heritage railway, a forest slowly eating 4,000 vintage cars, a gold mine you climb inside, and the South's biggest apple orchard.

6 places · North Georgia

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Old Car City USAMust-see
A junkyard turned art

Old Car City USA

Thirty-plus acres of vintage cars slowly returning to the forest, mossed over and endlessly photogenic, the world's largest classic-car junkyard turned outdoor gallery.

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White, GA Northwest Georgia
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Foxfire Museum & Appalachian Heritage CenterMust-see
Living Appalachian heritage

Foxfire Museum & Appalachian Heritage Center

A hillside village of preserved log cabins, a blacksmith shop and mountain crafts that keeps southern Appalachian folkways alive, the museum behind the famous Foxfire books.

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Mountain City, GA North Georgia Mountains
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Babyland General HospitalMust-see
Where Cabbage Patch Kids are born

Babyland General Hospital

The whimsical 'hospital' where costumed staff deliver Cabbage Patch Kids from a magic crystal tree, a slice of only-in-Georgia Americana.

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Cleveland, GA North Georgia Mountains
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Mercier Orchards Attractions

Mercier Orchards

Blue Ridge, GA · North Georgia Mountains

A sprawling family apple farm since 1943: u-pick orchards, a bustling country store, fried pies and hard cider in the north Georgia mountains.

Consolidated Gold Mine Attractions

Consolidated Gold Mine

Dahlonega, GA · North Georgia Mountains

Tour the tunnels of what was once the largest gold mine east of the Mississippi, then pan for gold, in the town where America's first major gold rush began.