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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Columbus

3 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Columbus, Georgia

Updated February 15, 2016

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Columbus, Georgia

Lunch Box Museum

A stockpile of childhood lunch pails turned collectibles.
Pemberton's grave in Columbus, Georgia

Columbus, Georgia

Coca Cola Inventor's Grave

Coca Cola may be "the real thing" but its inventor, buried at this Georgia gravesite, called it a "valuable brain tonic."
Circus memorial

Columbus, Georgia

Circus Train Wreck Victims Memorial

Shaped like a big top tent, this memorial honors the victims of a terrible train wreck.
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The Drive-Thru is next to the Museum of Wonder.

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The Drive-Thru Museum

A wealth of local folk art, antiques, and curios, without ever leaving your car.
13 miles from Columbus
The Museum Of Wonder

Seale, Alabama

The Museum Of Wonder

A former taxidermist has turned his old shop into a folk art mecca.
14 miles from Columbus
 Pasaquan

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Pasaquan

This folk art compound was built by a fortune teller on the advice of three people from the future.
24 miles from Columbus

Cool Places to Eat & Drink in Columbus

Columbus, Georgia

Lunch Box Museum

A stockpile of childhood lunch pails turned collectibles.
Pemberton's grave in Columbus, Georgia

Columbus, Georgia

Coca Cola Inventor's Grave

Coca Cola may be "the real thing" but its inventor, buried at this Georgia gravesite, called it a "valuable brain tonic."
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