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The wild chickens
in Fitzgerald

Each spring, Vidalia celebrates the harvest of Georgia’s Official
State Vegetable, the famous Vidalia Onion, with a four-day festival
packed with fun-filled activities. Year-round you can visit the
Vidalia Onion Museum, take a tour of the Altama Museum of Art
& History, see the Onion Fountain in City Park behind City Hall,
visit the Ladson Genealogical Library, and see what’s playing at the
PAL Theatre, a restored 1927 movie theater.
While not in the Magnolia Midlands, Waycross is close enough
to Douglas to warrant a nice day trip if only to experience the
Southeast Georgia famous Okefenokee Swamp. Okefenokee Swamp Park transports
you into an environment populated by living dinosaurs – our
alligators – as well as carnivorous plants and rare birds. See a
mummified dog at the Southern Forest World Museum, explore
the Ol’ Nine steam locomotive at the Okefenokee Heritage Center,
and wander through Obediah’s Okefenok, a heritage farm of the
1800s, the oldest swamp settler’s home to remain in and around
the swamp.
In Georgia’s Scenic Southwest region, Tifton offers museums,
art galleries, shopping venues, historic sites, restaurants, and
outdoor recreation opportunities. Don’t miss The Georgia Museum
of Agriculture, 95 acres with more than 30 structures from a 19th
century farm that have been restored and preserved. Costumed
docents present the history and activities and crafts.

Ol’ Nine steam
locomotive at the
Okefenokee Heritage
Center in Waycross

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