Georgia Museum of Agriculture and Historic Museum is part of Abraham Baldwin Agriculture College. A…read moregreat place to visit and learn about life in the south during the late 1800s. The Museum in open from 9am to 3pm - Tuesday - Saturday. Closed on Sun and Monday. The Country Store is open from 9am to 5pm - Monday - Saturday. Closed on Sunday. The Country Store is a perfect rest stop if you are just passing through the area and need to stretch your legs, pick up some snacks and make a pit stop. Easy access off I-75. Clean rest rooms. Purchase tickets for admission to the Georgia Museum of Agriculture. The museum is a living history museum that focuses on 19th century life in the rural south. It has a working farm along with all the support buildings and business operations that would have existed during that time. All of the structures have authentic furnishings of the period. After you take a guided tour of the main museum, you can spend a few hours or the entire day exploring the historic buildings and talking with the interpreters dressed in 19th century attire. The interpreters perform daily activities that would have occurred in the farmhouses, fields, sawmill, turpentine still, schoolhouse, blacksmith's shop, and the grist mill. The main street has a Feed and Seed store, print shop and the drug store. Be sure to stop by the drug store and get a root beer float! A main highlight is riding the steam train from the Country Store into the village train station. The Country Store is a unique one-stop-shop for true South GA items, offering southern hospitality along with merchandise. A lot of the items in the store were produced at the living museum such as grits and corn meal milled at the museum's water powered Grist Mill. Turpentine is produced at the museum. Ornaments are hand crafted by the museum's black smith. You will also find a preserves, honey, cane syrup - all produced by the volunteers and staff at the museum using 19th century tools and skills. Be sure to get a bag of Grits and Corn Meal. Plan to visit the seasonal farmer's market on Saturdays. Booths are setup with local vendors that sell everything from locally grown vegetables, specialty cheeses/baked goods, and arts/crafts.

We enjoyed walking around at our own pace. Nice little shop. Enjoy seeing the gristmill in action.read more

What a wonderful plantation estate to visit! There's plenty of parking and everyone we met there…read morewas super friendly. You begin your tour from the visitors center, where you pay admissions ($5.50 pp for the grounds & $16pp for the main house tour), watch a historical video on the plantation, and view the exhibits. Since we drove up from Panama City Beach, FL we only had time to tour the grounds, not the main house. We spend a couple hours touring the grounds and still didn't see everything. So much to see! The stables were really cool! We met a nice lady feeding the draft horses and she introduced us to all the horses and mules. She told us stories about them...you can tell the animals there are really cared for and loved. The front of the main house and gardens are gorgeous! There are fountains and bird baths throughout. We also enjoyed walking through the family cemetery...nicely manicured and very serene. The dog hospital, nurse's station, and log cabin schoolhouse were buildings we're not used to seeing on plantations. They were all so interesting. Overall we really enjoyed our time here. Would highly recommend!

I came for its grand reopening. What a nice event ! I loved exploring. We look forward to returning…read moreto see the rest of the plantation. My only cautionary for you is to stay moving with your feet because I got but by fire ants on premise, so just be careful. Maybe I stood still too long. Get ready to be in a place that'll take your breath away !!

Southwest Georgia (SOWEGA) and Albany, in particular, often gets a bad rap. Amidst all of the…read morenegativity surrounding the citizens, many people often forget how much attractions the city actually offers. Of course Albany will NEVER be like Atlanta or Savannah in terms of things to do and events to see, but for a population of 100,000 plus there are quite a few gems located here. This, my fellow Yelpers, happens to be one of them. The Thronateeska Heritage Museum is basically a museum of about the history and origins of both Albany and SOWEGA as a whole. There are different types of exhibits that are open only at certain times of the day. Quite a few of the exhibits are geared towards children so this is something that young kids would probably enjoy. There is also a display of old Albany Herald newspaper clippings from way back into the 1890's. Additionally, there is also a science museum here which contains very educational information pertaining to the weather, the 1994 Albany flood, space, etc. all of which are free of charge (though they do accept donations). It doesn't get any better than that. I am somewhat of a historian. You probably couldn't tell upon looking at my black ugly mug, but I do love learning about things that have occurred in the past. It is fascinating to me how much things can change over a period of time. I spent hours reading the different volume of books about the history of Southwest Georgia. The staff were even nice enough to show a video presentation about the rural life of Southwest Georgia. There is a lot of educational value at this museum. If you have kids, this is not a bad place to spend a Saturday afternoon. It's free of charge so NO EXCUSES, lol.

We are Very Disappointe!! I called ahead before making the 40 minute drive and asked specifically…read moreabout the planetarium shows for Today, was told there are several options and the hours of operation, only to find the planetarium shows are Not showing today upon arrival!! My children, particularly my Utistic child who is leaving in a tantrum, are Very upset!!

If you're familiar with the history of the Civil War, you know that as the Confederacy in Richmond…read morefell, the President of the CSA escaped with the intention of reuniting with the Confederate Army and continuing the fight. Jefferson Davis and his party were on the run from Richmond, continuing through North Carolina and Georgia. Union forces caught up with him here in Fitzgerald on May 9, 1865 and he was arrested. There is a monument marking the exact spot on this 13 acre historic site which includes a short walking trail, a gift shop and a museum. It is an interesting site and worth an hour though it is a bit of a journey off the Interstate. I've been to a number of Confederate sites, seen endless memorials across the South (and the North), battlefields including Gettysburg, Antietam and Chickamauga, and even the Davis home in Biloxi. This is interesting if you are interested in the War Between the States. [Review 1051 of 2024 - 719 in Georgia - 22079 overall]

I sought this out as I drove north enroute to Nashville, Tennessee on I-75. One of the things I…read morelike about road trips is seeking out these little places, either historic, a natural wonder, or something simply unique. It is a twenty minute drive off the highway and offers a small museum and a nature walk. Just walking the grounds is peaceful, with the sounds of nature surrounding me and the sun lazily falling upon me. If you have the time in your travels, seek these spots out. You will be better for the experience.

A very well designed National Park. Both inside and outside…read moreof the visitor center is loaded with information and well marked sutras. Watch the movie first so you clone what you are going to experience. The self paced muse aim tour takes about an hour. So many examples and artifacts from every war. POW's represented from every one of them. The driving tour takes you through the Civil War camp. Take the time to drive to the cemetery.

It's just really hard for me to wrap my head around all this but Sarah who works there, really…read morehelped to give us information. We watched the 27 minute movie in the theater and how I withheld my tears, I don't know, it is so powerful and so sad. Here in AMERICA! Some say it will happen again. I WOULD RECOMMEND

Awesome aquarium! I live in tally, so I think this is the closest indoor aquarium besides the gulf…read morespecimen marine. I liked that there were also gators and birds to see. I enjoyed this experience so much that I made a whole video on YouTube about the Lionfish that I saw there: https://youtu.be/_x8llaTtxiA

I took my 4 year old sister today, and she absolutely adores the riverquarium! She loves it and…read moregoes all the time! Her favorite animal is the Albino Alligator, which is named "#6 Alligator," well.... my sister named her Luna! And she thinks that Luna is beautiful! She always has so much fun. Although the gift shop is too expensive for so little.

There is a large Jimmy Carter Center in Atlanta, but this collection of exhibits may offer a more…read morepersonal picture of the man. This pastoral town was an oasis; where the surrounding countryside was waterlogged, run down, and still carries marks of the confederacy, this town was upbeat and well kept. Even the auto scrapyard was neat. The main exhibit is a schoolhouse. The schoolhouse-like the former president who once went there-is a throwback. A railhouse includes campaign materials from Carter's first presidential run, which is frankly incomprehensible in the modern political lexicon. Perhaps most touching is the farm three miles outside the town, on which I saw a rambunctious chicken returned to its coop and traded stares with some goats. It's just really difficult to try to square the experience of someone who grew up in this piece of Americana but also lived in the White House. Signage points out that even walking into the one-block downtown from where little Jimmy lived would have been a big deal. Conversely, where I used to live I once stumbled upon the White House by accident on a walk of comparable length. This place is another world, and President Carter's experience with farming and the simple life, much like the founding fathers, is likely to have been foundational to his politics as well as his own life. The park offers plenty of opportunities for contemplating such subjects.

Very interesting place to stop. The train depot was awesome. The memorial garden and grave site…read morewas fitting of a former President. He was a beloved man of Plains. A must see.

Great small family oriented place for kids and adults that are new to the area. Been around…read moreTallahassee for a while and it's extremely close which is a plus.

We were looking for something to do for the day and decided to take a ride to the Tallahassee…read moreMuseum. It is more outside, so don't forget water to keep yourself hydrated. We loved the car part dinasaurs and the animals. The staff was friendly. The nature trail was a little boring and not well marked, but it didn't stop us from loving the experience.

We brought the kids here for a bit of history and thought we might spend an hour. More than two…read morehours later, our kids were still interested and engaged. There was a lot to see and do and a lot to learn. I think it's perfect for a really interested four year old and anyone older. The Friar was everyone's favorite part. He played his part well, was great with the kids, and had so much information to share. He talked about what every day life was like, taught them about different herbs and traditional medicine, gave them a history of the property, and showed them the garden and his favorite tree. The two women in the Spanish house are the only thing that made me consider a four star rating. They were not good with children, and acted like our presence was an interruption to their sitting around and talking with each other. When we walked in one of them disciplined my six year old for not knocking on their door - not in a friendly or joking way - as if he had done something wrong for continuing a tour we paid to take. The interaction only went downhill from there, and although it doesn't seem fair to lower the rating when everyone else was so wonderful, I hope they will work to find people who are good with children in the future.

The people that we're working at the main building when you first enter and the two ladies working…read morein the tiki hut were very nice an accommodating. All the early settlers such as the Spanish, English, French and Dutch had "marital" relationships with the Indigenous Americans even if they were not per say married. It was a rare occurrence for all European colonies to have an actual marriage between a European and a Native American. Regardless, there are many Americans that claim and prove to have Native American Ancestry, shown through DNA testing. Where I roll my eyes a little is that most claim to be related to Pocahontas and Geranamo. Because this is a Spanish mission, in some placards they emphasize that some Spanish men "intermarried" with the indigenous women and that the indigenous peoples found that to be a bettering of themselves. Of course, this is all speculation. In Cuban History, you learn that there was a complete genocide of the Indigenous peoples. It is well documented. Many of the indigenous preferred to throw themselves off the cliffs than to fall on the Spanish sword. Hatuey, who fought Spanish colonizers, famously said, "Then I do not want to go where they are. I would rather go to hell so as not to be where they are and where I would not see such cruel people." This is why there are no indigenous peoples in Cuba. Some of the Spanish conquistadors were even eaten by the indigenous. But this place would have you believe things were hunky dory between the Spanish and the indigenous. The Spanish were very Catholic and very strict with the social class or social caste system and would not "marry" the indigenous women they took. Even the historical actor said that the ledgers were all burnt and there isn't any historical legal evidence of their marriage unions. There is a lot of speculation about the past and not too much fact.