Thursday, October 27, 7:00 pm – Cancelled

Friday, October 28, 7:00 pm – Sold Out!

Sunday, October 30, 7:00 pm - Sold Out!

Monday, October 31, 7:00 pm

History, haunts, legends, ghostly apparitions, cold spots, tragic lovers, restless Confederate soldiers and unearthed coffins. Folklore and history come alive beneath the Greek columns and magnolias of the Classic City. Since being founded in 1801, Athens’ rich history has provided accounts of strange events and ghostly experiences. Follow your guide on a journey of Athens’ darker history. On this two-hour tour of downtown Athens and UGA’s North Campus, you will hear tales of spirits, hauntings, superstitions, mysteries, murders, suicide and other legends of the Classic City.

Carr’s Hill with Maxine Easom – SOLD OUT Saturday, August 20 at 10 am This scenic prominence of land that begins at the eastern bank of the North Oconee River just below downtown is home to Clarke County’s earliest and most significant history. It is here where wealthy landowner William Carr and his young bride [...]

with Milton Leathers Sunday, October 2 at 2 pm John Addison Cobb laid out 80 lots on his land in 1834 for a speculative development characterized as a “town in the woods.” In the antebellum period, wealthy Athenians built suburban villas on its expansive lots, but, by the time of the Civil War, lots became [...]

with Hubert McAlexander Saturday, October 15 at 2 pm Dearing Street is the quintessential old Southern neighborhood of gracious homes and gardens. The land was originally part of the 633-acre tract that John Milledge purchased and donated for the University of Georgia, portions of which were sold over the years to raise money for the college. [...]

with Hal Cofer and Jones Drury Sunday, October 16 at 2 pm   Downtown in the early to mid 1900s was the commercial hub of Athens. It was home to five and dime stores, car dealerships, medical and professional offices, hotels, theaters, grocery stores, clothing stores, furniture stores, drugstores, and funeral parlors. The businesses on the lower [...]

with Amy Andrews Sunday, October 9 at 2 pm Ask a current or former Athenian to name their favorite places in Athens, and Prince Avenue is guaranteed to be on the list. The stately Greek Revival and Victorian homes, flowering dogwoods, deep-set lawns, mature trees, street-front commercial buildings, and neighborhood character of this busy historic corridor [...]

with Al Hester  Saturday, October 8 at 10 am  The African American Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery was founded in 1882 to establish a beautiful and dignified final resting place for Athens’ black residents. The Gospel Pilgrim Society, a social and charitable burial insurance organization, set up the cemetery in East Athens. Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery contains an estimated [...]

  With Fran Thomas and Gilbert Milner Sunday, November 6 at 2 pm Many of the original structures of Milledge Avenue remain as they were originally built or with historic alterations. The structures built along Milledge Avenue were often large, impressive structures and featured an arry of architectural styles indicative of the changing fashions during [...]

with John Waters Sunday, November 20 at 2 pm  Milledge Circle from Five Points to West Lake Drive illustrates two types of suburban development in early Twentieth Century Athens: that stimulated by streetcars and that stimulated by the automobile. Evolving from an antebellum farm, Milledge Circle represents suburban development from c. 1890 to WWII which [...]

with Ben Emanuel and Janet Clark Sunday, October 23 at 1 pm Athens is graced with two major rivers that have been vital to its development and are the source of its oldest history, yet they remain an undiscovered resource for many Athenians. In 1783, the Oconee River Basin was the western boundary of the [...]

with Charlotte Marshall Saturday, October 22 at 10 am The beautiful monuments among the rolling hills of the historic Oconee Hill Cemetery memorialize a cross-section of Athens old and new. Many names, such as Lumpkin, Cobb, Church, and Hill, have long been fused with Athens’ history, while others, such as Dean Rusk, Wally Butts, Fred [...]

with David Bryant Tuesday, September 13 at 6:30 pm Pulaski Heights is one of Athens’ best kept secrets—a hidden gem of a neighborhood a stone’s throw away from vibrant downtown and Prince Avenue. Its narrow streets, natural ravines and the Seaboard Coastline railroad tracks which bisect it have served to keep the early-twentieth century neighborhood [...]

  With Michael Thurmond Sunday, November 13 at 2 pm The historical houses found in the Reese Street District were constructed over a period of more than 50 years and reveal the influence of several popular historic architectural styles such as Queen Anne, Folk Victorian, and Craftsman. No fewer than 11 historic house types are found [...]

with Nash Boney & Janine Duncan Tuesday, August 23 at 6:30 pm  In 1785, the Georgia legislature chartered the nation’s first state university, but it wasn’t until 1800 that a site was chosen in a remote frontier area on a rise above the Oconee River. In 1801, President Josiah Meigs began to teach a few students in [...]

with John Knowlton & Lee Epting Sunday, September 18 at 2 pm 1800 Crescent Lane, also known as “The Hill” is an enclave of several historic homes that were saved from demolition and moved to the site. The Hill had its origins with Lee Epting’s grandparents, The Daniels, who lived there in the 1930s. Epting’s [...]