Weird day trips from Savannah
The strangest Savannah finds are often a short drive out. These 5 day trips — Georgia Southern University Planetarium, Highway 21 Drive-In, The Healing Lounge at Get Tanked Float Center and more — are each hand-vetted and sourced: ghost towns, hot-spring soaks, roadside oddities, and odd small-town museums worth the gas. A weird day trip is its own kind of date.
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Georgia Southern University Planetarium
A full-dome "immersive astronomy laboratory" run by the physics department that turns Pink Floyd's Dark Side…
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Highway 21 Drive-In
A three-screen drive-in that's run continuously since 1978 and made Travel Channel's national list of 10 clas…
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The Healing Lounge at Get Tanked Float Center
This Hinesville float center pairs a couples-sized float cabin (roughly the size of a queen bed, so two peopl…
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Old Sheldon Church Ruins
Originally built in the mid-18th century as Prince William's Parish Church, this Greek Revival-style sanctuar…
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Saint Helena Parish Chapel of Ease Ruins
Constructed in 1740 using tabby—a mixture of oyster shells, lime, and sand—this Anglican chapel served plante…