1. Drivable Tanks
If you’ve ever wanted to know what it feels like to crush things behind the wheel of an armored military vehicle, Tank Town USA in Morgantown is the place for you. For a small fee you can actually drive a tank over a car.
2. An ICU Filled With Cabbage Patch Kids
Babyland General Hospital in Cleveland, GA occupies over 70,000 square feet and acts like a real hospital with dolls instead of patients. It’s a pretty bizarre sight. You even get the chance to adopt a newly “born” doll for yourself.
3. Ray Charles Doing Spins
Seated at his iconic piano, this Albany statue pays tribute to the blind musical legend, Ray Charles.
4. The World’s Largest Peanut
Other states might claim to be home to the world’s largest peanut, but the giant peanut in Ashburn is actually the biggest. Off of I-75, this monument is around 20 feet tall!
5. A Replica Of Old Sparky
Housed in Ashburn’s Museum Of Crime And Punishment, a visit here will give you a first-hand look at what an electric chair looks like. Operating out of an old jail, their collection also features other artifacts related to the history of the South’s justice system.
6. A Living, Breathing Skeleton
While this “spiritual mascot” might be famous around Emory University, a lot of Georgians have never heard of him.
To keep it short and sweet, there’s a statue of a skeleton on campus named Lord Dooley and every year during Dooley’s Week someone dons a skeleton costume and mysteriously walks around campus dismissing random classes.
7. Thousands Of Proudly Displayed Lunch Boxes
Everyone has probably carried a lunch box at some point in their life, but very few have made the trek to the Lunch Box Museum in Columbus. With a collection that spans several decades, certain boxes here are said to be worth as much as $10,000.
8. Wax Figures Of The Real Movers And Shakers
One of the most unique wax museums in the country, the figures you’ll see here aren’t your typical set of celebrities.
The Follow the Leaders Wax Museum in Warm Springs instead features famous American historical figures including plenty of presidents, civil rights leaders and even a signed wax figure of Albert Einstein.
9. A Humongous Apple
At home in Cornelia, the Big Red Apple was built in 1925 and weighs over 2.5 tons. Just imagine how jealous all of your friends will be when you post a selfie with this.
10. A Nuclear Missile
Tucked off the side of I-75 in the Cordele area, there’s a huge Cold War era missile that has been disarmed and put up for display. Standing at 98 feet tall, it’s hard to imagine how huge these weapons are until you see it through your own two eyes.
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11. A Tinier Lady Liberty
While Georgia might be nearly 1,000 miles from New York, there’s actually a museum in McRae that has a 1/12 scale version of the Statue of Liberty. Here’s a fun fact, her head was carved with a chainsaw out of a stump found in a local swamp.
12. A Museum Featuring All Things Waffle House
We all know that Waffle House is a huge deal in the South, but most people wouldn’t have guessed that there would be a museum commemorating the life of this chain.
Built on the site of the very first Waffle House, these restaurants have since expanded out of Decatur into 24 other states since serving their first waffles in 1955.
13. Elvis’ Wart
You read that right. The Panoramic Encyclopedia Of Elvis in Cornelia features all sorts of crazy Elvis memorabilia, including a preserved wart that was removed from “the King’s” body.
14. Stuckie, The Mummifed Dog
This peculiar attraction can be found hunting around Waycross. While the entire story will never be known, Stuckie the dog was discovered stuck in a tree where he became petrified over time. You’ll have to see this one to believe it.
15. Tupac
Georgia might seem like an odd place for the Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts honoring this late West-Coast rapper, but it’s there in Stone Mountain and it was actually founded by his mother.
Visitors are welcome to take their picture with a life-size bronze statue of this legendary rapper during their time there.
16. A Giant’s Hands
A landmark on the campus of Life University, these giant hands belong to this school’s founder, Dr. Sid Williams. Interestingly enough, one of his fingers features a championship football ring from Georgia Tech, another school in Georgia
17. The World’s Only Double Barrel Cannon
Built as an experimental weapon during the Civil War-era, the cannon in Athens is the only one of its type still around today.
18. A Giant Miniature Kingdom
Stretching two stories tall, full of model trains and buildings, this Bavarian style miniature village is an extremely impressive site that can’t be missed during a trip through Helen.
Known as Charlemagne’s Kingdom, this display of German pride even has a 22 foot tall mountain that houses its control room.
19. The Little Grand Canyon
Next time you’re near Lumpkin, take a detour through Providence Canyon State Park to check out this beautiful natural attraction.
Consisting of 15 canyons altogether reaching depths of 150 feet, it’s nowhere near as huge as the 6,000 foot deep Grand Canyon, but it’s still pretty impressive.
20. An Enormous Rabbit
Standing 20 feet tall over Gainesville, this giant rabbit pays tribute to the town’s old name “Rabbittown.” This name might sound funny but it makes sense when you consider the many rabbit farms once present in the area often served as a food source for locals.
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21. A Giant Folk Art Palace
Spending over 30 years on a living, breathing art display, a trip to Eddie Martin’s Pasaquan Folk Art Palace is a one-of-a-kind experience. Sitting on a 7-acre compound, Martin funded his project using his profits from fortune-telling.
22. A Peanut Tribute To A President
There’s a reason that smile looks familiar — it was modeled after Jimmy Carter’s grin. Located outside of a mini-mart in his hometown of Plains, this is definitely one of the most unique commemorative statues in America.
23. The Smallest Church In The Country
Standing only 10 feet by 15 feet, this tiny church in South Newport only has enough room to seat 12 people and a minister. It is the true definition of quaint.
24. Howard’s Paradise
Home to nearly 50,000 pieces of colorful art, most of which consists of plywood cutouts, Howard Finster’s Paradise Garden in Summerville is certainly worth checking out. A lot of the art here exhibits a heavy religious undertone, with almost everything covered in Bible verses.
25. The World’s Strongest Man
Well, technically it’s not actually the world’s strongest man. It’s just a statue of him. World-known for picking heavy things up and sitting them back down, Georgia-born Paul Anderson is famous for once lifting 6,270 pounds on his back.
Did we miss anything? Tell us the craziest thing in Georgia in the comments below!
