An 1871 landmark that has been designated the official State Theater of Georgia.

Visit original Confederate warships like the CSS Jackson and the CSS Chatahootchee, plus hundreds of artifacts pertaining to Civil War naval operations, at this informative museum, the only one of its kind in the U.S.

The house where Coca Cola's inventor, Dr. Pemberton, launched the popular drink.

Take a trip down memory lane at this zany museum that has a collection of over 3,000 different metal lunch boxes from the 1951 Hopalong Cassidy model to 1970s favorites like Charlie's Angels and the rare 1980s E.T. box.

The second largest art museum in Georgia offers room after room of fine and decorative American art, with a special emphasis on the Southeast and the Chattahoochee River Valley. With kids in tow, don't miss Transformations, the museum's interactive gallery where children can create their own masterpieces.

Located at 7th Street and Broadway in the Columbus historic district, this block has a row of 19th-century buildings and houses of different architectural styles. Among them is the home of Dr. John S. Pemberton, who invented the original formula for Coca-Cola.

Museum with exhibits on the role of the navy in the Civil War.

The largest historic district in Georgia.

See a replica of the first Coca Cola beverage machine taken into space and a dupe of the Apollo capsule that NASA used during the 1960's, at this far-out museum that also has a learning center that simulates space missions. The Mead Observatory is open to the public once a month for astronomical viewing. There are shows in the Omnisphere Theatre and Challenger Learning Center missions.

A large statue of a cow standing in front of a dairy.