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===Tourism=== [[File:Savannah river street.jpg|thumb|left|Savannah's River Street is a popular tourist destination.]] In the Atlanta area, [[World of Coke]], [[Georgia Aquarium]], [[Zoo Atlanta]] and [[Stone Mountain]] are important tourist attractions.<ref>[http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?path=/SportsRecreation/Recreation&id=h-3463 Zoo Atlanta] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130502085322/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?path=%2FSportsRecreation%2FRecreation&id=h-3463 |date=May 2, 2013 }}. Retrieved December 8, 2007.</ref><ref>[http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?path=/SportsRecreation/Recreation&id=h-1102 Circues] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130502083930/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?path=%2FSportsRecreation%2FRecreation&id=h-1102 |date=May 2, 2013 }}. Retrieved December 8, 2007.</ref> Stone Mountain is Georgia's "most popular attraction"; receiving more than four million tourists per year.<ref>Alexander, Sheridan "<span class="plainlinks">[http://gosoutheast.about.com/od/familybudgettravel/ss/stonemountain.htm Stone Mountain Park—Georgia's Most Popular Attraction]</span>". gosoutheast.about.com. Retrieved November 28, 2014.</ref><ref>[http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?path=/SportsRecreation/Recreation&id=h-2794 Rattlesnake Roundups]. Retrieved December 8, 2007.</ref> The Georgia Aquarium, in Atlanta, was the largest aquarium in the world in 2010 according to [[Guinness World Records]].<ref>Associated Press <span class="plainlinks">"[https://web.archive.org/web/20110629132436/http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/aquarium-sets-guinness-record-597545.html Aquarium sets Guinness record—Official from world record book says aquarium is world's largest]"</span>. ajc.com. Retrieved November 28, 2014.</ref> [[Callaway Gardens]], in western Georgia, is a family resort.<ref>[http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?path=/SportsRecreation/Recreation&id=h-2155 Callaway Gardens] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130502120643/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?path=%2FSportsRecreation%2FRecreation&id=h-2155 |date=May 2, 2013 }}. Retrieved December 8, 2007</ref> The area is also popular with golfers. The [[Savannah Historic District (Savannah, Georgia)|Savannah Historic District]] attracts more than eleven million tourists each year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.savannahvisit.com/getaways/savannah-information |title=Savannah GA Historical Information |publisher=Savannahvisit.com |access-date=October 23, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022050007/http://savannahvisit.com/getaways/savannah-information |archive-date=October 22, 2012}}</ref> The [[The Golden Isles of Georgia|Golden Isles]] is a string of barrier islands off the Atlantic coast of Georgia near Brunswick that includes beaches, golf courses and the [[Cumberland Island National Seashore]]. Several sites honor the lives and careers of noted American leaders: the [[Little White House]] in [[Warm Springs, Georgia|Warm Springs]], which served as the summer residence of President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] while he was being treated for [[polio]]; President [[Jimmy Carter]]'s hometown of [[Plains, Georgia|Plains]] and the [[Jimmy Carter Library and Museum|Carter Presidential Center]] in Atlanta; the [[Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park]] in Atlanta, which is the final resting place of [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] and [[Coretta Scott King]]; and Atlanta's [[Ebenezer Baptist Church (Atlanta, Georgia)|Ebenezer Baptist Church]], where Dr. King preached.
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