Capital: Atlanta
Entered the Union: January 2, 1788 (4th state)
Facts: In honor of George II of England
Georgia was the last of the original 13 colonies – colonized in 1732
Inventor of Peanut Butter and the nation's number one producer of peanuts, pecans, and peaches
Coca-Cola was invented in Atlanta (and there is a great museum there you can tour)
The weather channel's headquarters is in Atlanta
Birthplace of Cabbage kids – you can go watch them being 'born' at BabyLand. This sounds creepy yet intriguing - http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2074
Gone with the wind was set in Georgia and there is a museum to immortalize it. http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/43414
I have only been to Savannah and Tybee Island
The Bonaventure Cemetery
Forsyth Park
The Savannah Gingerbread house. Built in 1899 once known as the Asendorf House
A Tybee Turtle
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