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Louisiana's record alligator was claimed in 1890 by a 17-year-old who measured it with a shotgun barrel. Nobody preserved a ...

Smith State Park is the kind of destination that makes you do a double-take and wonder if someone slipped something into your morning coffee. Those cypress trees standing in formation like nature’s ...

Here’s a truth that’ll surprise you: one of Georgia’s most enchanting natural wonders sits quietly in Twin City, waiting for you to discover it. George L. Smith State Park is the kind of place that ...

Waking up to the sound of water just outside your tent is one of the simplest pleasures Georgia has to offer. Across the state, campgrounds sit along quiet lakes, winding rivers, and the Atlantic ...

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