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Sessions Stand 397 North Sessions Street, Marietta, GA, United States

Georgia Archives: Oddities on the (Georgia) Rails

Georgia Archives 5800 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, GA, United States

While many histories center on dates and places, they overlook some funnier, if not downright bizarre, happenings throughout the years. From armed robberies to a duel between long-time friends, some of the most intriguing events to happen in history were plain weird. Author Todd DeFeo recounts some of the highlights (or lowlights) that happened on […]

Trestles, Runaway Trains, and Streetcars: Athens’ Unexpected Railroad History

Athens-Clarke County Library 2025 Baxter Street, Athens, GA, United States

Athens, Georgia, has a deep railroad history, and it extends beyond the trestle on the back of a local band’s album. It includes a streetcar system that whisked Athenians around town and a narrow-gauge railroad in the region that struggled to connect with The Classic City. The stories of the local railroad history are as […]

Keep Smyrna Beautiful Garden Tour

Reed House 3080 Atlanta Road, Smyrna, GA, United States

Please check with Keep Smyrna Beautiful for information on how to attend.

The Unexpected Local Railroad History

Donaldson-Bannister Farm 4831 Chamblee Dunwoody Road, Dunwoody, GA, United States

Railroad history isn’t always like what the history books tell. Whether it’s the lines that passed through an area or the ones that were proposed but never built, railroads are the story of the region’s transportation. It was a combination of railroads that made sense, some that didn’t and ambitions that never made it to […]