The Georgia Aquarium, located in Atlanta, Georgia at Pemberton Place, the world’s largest at the time of its opening in November 2005, with more than 8.1 million US gallons (31,000 m³) of marine and fresh water housing more than 100,000 animals of 500 different species. The aquarium’s notable specimens include two young whale sharks named [...]

Stone Mountain is a quartz monzonite dome monadnock in Stone Mountain, Georgia. At its summit, the elevation is 1,686 feet (513 m) amsl and 825 feet (251.5 m) above the surrounding area. Stone Mountain granite extends underground 9 miles (14 km) at its longest point into Gwinnett County. The largest bas relief sculpture in the [...]

A popular national monument near Savannah is Fort Pulaski. Situated in Georgia between the Tybee Island and Savannah, the monument encompasses most of the Cockspur Island and all of McQueens Island. Most notably, the initial fort is known as being the location at which the Union Army successful tested the rifled cannon. This event took [...]