Augusta GA
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Augusta, Georgia, is on the way to cool places, but instead of driving through this town, you should stop here sometime. It's the second oldest and the third largest city in Georgia (behind Savannah and Atlanta, respectively), according to georgiaencyclopedia.org.1 And while its GPS coordinates align with major routes to Atlanta and Charleston, you'll find plenty of fun things to do in Augusta, Georgia—even beyond its storied golf course.
This lively city of around 200,000, just across the Savannah River from South Carolina, offers excellent food and drink and plenty of attractions indoors and out.2 Augusta has exciting ways to get around, too: Petersburg boat tours through the Augusta Canal National Heritage Area; and the Historic Trolley Tour of Augusta. Here are plenty of reasons to visit Augusta, GA, including it being the town where the Godfather of Soul, James Brown, grew up.