Kick-It Picks Things to Do in Georgia
The stops worth the drive — and the truth about the ones that aren't.
Georgia is bigger than one city and one accent. Savannah's moss-draped squares and Atlanta's sprawl get the headlines, but the state runs from the southern tail of the Blue Ridge and the whitewater of the Chattooga down through peach country and the vast black-water Okefenokee to a coast of wild barrier islands where horses roam the dunes. Add the deepest civil-rights history in America, the birthplace of Coca-Cola, and 350,000 cherry trees in Macon — these are the picks worth driving all of it for, mountains to marsh.
Regions: North · Central · Coast
Everything below is a Kick-It Pick — the entries we’d grab you by the collar for. Each one is pulled from Kick the Bucket List: Georgia, our 120-stop field guide, and each carries a blunt Bucket Rating so you know what’s non-negotiable and what to skip. Prices and hours drift; we stamp every page with the date we checked it and fix what changes.
The Big Ten
Fall for the Prettiest City in America
Non-negotiableRide Out to the Golden Isles
Non-negotiablePaddle the Land of Trembling Earth
Non-negotiableFerry to the Wild Island
Non-negotiableStart the Great Trail
Non-negotiableThe Great Outdoors
Oddities
Eats
Pass the Bowls at the Tea Room
Non-negotiableEat Soul Food at the Source
Non-negotiableGet Yelled At for a Chili Dog
Worth the drivePass the Bowls Family-Style
Non-negotiableGet a Scoop at the 1919 Counter
Worth the driveEat a Georgia Peach in July
Worth the driveDrink the Drink Atlanta Gave the World
Worth the driveOrder "Scattered, Smothered, Covered"
Worth the driveRoad Trips
Small Towns
Month by Month
Get all 120 in Kick the Bucket List: Georgia
These are the marquee Kick-It Picks. The book has 120 — adventures, eats, road trips, and the small towns worth the detour — each with a checkbox, a date line, and a Bucket Rating. Fill it in. Score yourself.
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