"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--
I
took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference."
-Robert Frost
While NOT and J.J. have visited and spotlighted places off the beaten path in Georgia, there is still more for the pair to see. The strange, the fun, the unique of Georiga.
It's no Louvre, but we have to start small.
In Midtown Atlanta is a small unassuming white building at 131 Ponce. It sits among the other buildings, looking for someone to lease it, before it faces the wrecking ball in the name of "progress."
However, this unassuming facade belies the building's heritage. For the building was designed by the famous architect I.M. Pei, and is believed to possibly be the first solo effort of the designer. Now Pei is famous for the Louvre Pyramids, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Johnson & Johnson New Headquarters, and the upcoming NASCAR Hall of Fame, and this building is far from them, but you all have to start somewhere. And NOT stopped by to pay homage.
Cornelia, Georgia considers apples to be a big business in the town. So much that they created what is considered the 'World's Biggest Apple"
How do you like them apples?
Across the south, there are two things that spread everywhere: kudzu, and Stuckey's Restaurants. While finding original kudzu cuttings is not going to happen, where the original Stuckey's was located is marked for visit in Eastman.
As the Confederacy was crumbling and Richmond was in danger of falling to the Union forces, President Jefferson Davis fled south in an attempt to make it to the western part of the CSA to try and continue the war effort. He and his party made their way south through the state of Georgia. On May 10, 1865, Davis and his party were near the town of Irwinton, and there he was captured. Ending his reign as president of the doomed Confederate States.
There's no truth to the story that he was captured in his wife's clothing.
Unfortunately, NOT has to reluctantly admit that there is a duck out there more famous than he: The Aflac Duck. Since Aflac's headquarters is in Columbus he went down there to go mano a mano with that Gilbert Gottfried sounding spokesduck, Or would that be duck a duck? Regardless, he couldn't get past the front gate. What's that duck hiding??
Now in the center of nowhere is the center of Georgia.
NOT finds himself getting back to nature in Georgia, experiencing life in the old south, picking cotton.
Some may feel this is a bit cruel since NOT is made of cloth and stuffed but NOT didn't care. It was a different experience, even if it was only for a "cotton pickin' minute."
