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What should I do this summer?

ATLANTA — Summer is in full swing, and anybody without concrete vacation plans may be thinking they’ve missed out on a great opportunity to step out and see the world. Don’t fret; there are plenty of great sight-seeing opportunities throughout Georgia. Here are five: Head to The Dillard House for a grand meal and some southern relaxation Check out the “Smallest Church in America” Head to Cartersville and learn about a “needless effusion of blood” that

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Fort King George features faithful recreation of important British post

DARIEN, Ga. – South Georgia in the 1720s and 1730s wasn’t a pleasant place to be. The men who settled Fort King George along the Altamaha River near what is modern day Darien learned that during the fort’s rather short existence. Built in 1721 – 12 years before “Georgia’s First City,” Savannah, was founded – Fort King George was both the first English settlement on Georgia’s coast and the British Empire’s southernmost outpost in North

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‘A needless effusion of blood’

CARTERSVILLE, Ga. — As William T. Sherman rode through the North Georgia countryside in the 1840s, he took note of one particular engineering feat. The year was 1844, and the Western & Atlantic Railroad was under construction between Atlanta and Chattanooga, Tenn. As the railroad — known as the “Crookedest Railroad in the World” — made its way north, Allatoona Mountain stood in its path. Engineers cut a pass through the mountain. The result was a narrow, 360-foot-long

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Microsoft says Bing Travel will help make smarter decisions

Microsoft’s new Bing Travel “will help consumers make smart travel decisions through a variety of innovative tools and features,” the company announced. Bing Travel is part of Bing, a new search engine from Microsoft. Bing Travel combines many of the airfare and hotel tools from Farecast, which Microsoft acquired in 2008, and news from MSN Travel. “Bing Travel has a simple goal: help people make smarter, more informed decisions regarding travel,” Hugh Crean, general manager