Historic sites in Georgia
Historic Sites & Monuments
Georgia’s historic landscape spans centuries of military, architectural, and local history. This collection features Savannah’s oldest burial grounds, including Colonial Park Cemetery with plots from the 1700s and the riverside Bonaventure Cemetery. Military history is represented by the 19th-century Fort Jackson and the modern World War II memorial. Architectural highlights include late 1800s covered bridges in Thomaston and Hilton, while the legendary "Tree That Owns Itself" in Athens offers a rare example of legal property rights granted to nature.
A Bonaventure Cemetery
Bonaventure Cemetery is a rural cemetery located on a scenic bluff of the Wilmington River, east of Savannah, Georgia.
B Fort Jackson
Fort James Jackson is a restored nineteenth-century fort located one mile east of Savannah, Georgia, on the Savannah River.
C Colonial Park Cemetery
The oldest cemetery in Savannah. Come and see family plots dating back to the 1700s.
D Savannah WWII monument
Located on Savannah's River Street, this memorial features a split bronze globe representing the divided world during the conflict. It honors Chatham County veterans who served in World War II, with names of the fallen inscribed on the surrounding granite walls.
E Auchumpkee Creek Covered Bridge
The Auchumpkee Creek Covered Bridge, near Thomaston, Georgia, was built in 1898.
F Tree That Owns Itself
The Tree That Owns Itself is a white oak tree that, according to legend, has legal ownership of itself and of all land within eight feet of…
Coheelee Creek Covered Bridge
The Coheelee Creek Covered Bridge near Hilton, Georgia is a covered bridge which was built in 1883.
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