Savannah, Georgia - 9-6-99
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Visitor Center in Savannah, Georgia - 9-6-99

The 'Old Savannah Tours' Trolley Car to tour the historic district

The wrought old-iron grillework that Savannah is famous for

The iron stairways and balconies are common in these beautiful buildings built in the 1800's

The building in front of which Forest Gump said 'Life is like a box of chocolates'...

Savannah has 24 squares or small parks named in honor or in memory of a person or historical event

Many historical homes have 'welcoming starirways' where the women go up one side and the men up the other

The Victorian style homes of Savannah often include a rounded tower

Savannah has 1,100 homes, churches, and public buildings from the 17 and 1800's

Elegant Savannah church with twin spires

Savannah is known as the City of Trees - until the 1840's the city paid $2.00 to anyone planting a tree

Colonial Park Cemetery - where many dignitaries from the revolutionary war were buried

Statue of James Oglethorpe who is responsible for the 'squares' design in Savannah

One of the more famous grey architecture buildings in Savannah

The oldest building in Savannah built in 1734

The 'Pirates House' used in the Robert Louis Stevenson novel, Treasure Island

Magnificent Greek Statues outside the 'Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences' museum

Cobblestone street center along the Savannah River on which slave and cotton trading was done

The Whistle Stop Cafe inside an old train station is part of the Visitor Center in Savannah