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The American Prohibition Museum is the first and only museum in the United States dedicated to the history of Prohibition. It takes guests back into 1900s as anti-alcohol rallies swept the United States and the booze problem was pushed into the forefront of American politics. Through immersive displays and state-of-the-art exhibits, guests will learn how Prohibition and Temperance shaped thinking and culture for more than two hundred years.

Watch the cargo ships enter or enjoy gift shops and local restaurants along the cobblestone street.

Since the early 1700's, City Market has been the commercial and social center of historic Savannah. Located on the original site of the market used by farmers and traders of all kinds to sell their goods and wares, City Market offers the best of what is old and what is new in Savannah. Today, Savannah’s City Market comprises a four-block area of restored warehouses and shop fronts adjacent to Ellis Square.

The Telfair Academy, houses 19th- and 20th-century American and European art. Also designed by William Jay, the Owens-Thomas House is a historic house museum featuring decorative art ranging in date from the late 18th to the early 19th century and rare intact urban slave quarters. The Jepson Center, designed by internationally acclaimed architect Moshe Safdie, is devoted to the art of today.

The Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace is a Girl Scout national center in Savannah. It is the birthplace of Juliette Gordon Low, founder of the Girl Scouts of the USA. Built in 1821, the house has been elegantly restored to reflect the 1880's and furnished with many original Gordon family pieces, including artwork by Juliette Gordon low. It was the city's first National Historic Landmark.

Fort Pulaski National Monument is located between Savannah and Tybee Island. It is notable as the place where, during the Civil War, in 1862, the Union Army successfully tested a rifled canon. The success of the test rendered brick fortifications obsolete.

Bonaventure Cemetery is a public cemetery located on a scenic bluff of the Wilmington River, east of Savannah. The cemetery became famous when it was featured in "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil".

Located on beautiful Tybee Island, this Lighthouse has the original associated buildings and a first order Fresnel Lens. Open to the public.

If it’s trendsetting home décor or the latest fashion you’re looking for, Broughton Street is where it’s at. Boutique shops offering to-die-for shoes, clothing and accessories featuring designer labels have people frequently cruising in and out. The fragrant aromas of homemade soap lure passersby into a one-of-a-kind bath and body store. Venture into the Savannah Bee Company to sample the honey products galore.

The Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum preserves for all Americans the stories of courage, character and patriotism displayed by the men and women of the Eighth Air Force from World War II to the present.