In a city like Savannah that is overflowing with creativity and talent and home to SCAD, the city's…read moreprestigious art school, it's mind boggling why there aren't an overabundance of art murals around the city. Having said that, I have definitely seen an increase of art murals in the short time I have lived here and Starland Mural Project (SMP), organized by the owner of Starlandia Supply is trying to do just that. To increase the accessibility and number of public murals, primarily in the Starland District. SMP's goal is to create eight new murals, in eight weeks by eight local artists on the walls of the old Starland Dairy, located on the corner of Bull Street and 41st Street. The murals will be up for only about a year, while the Starland Dairy completes its makeover. SMP seeks sponsors and donations to reach a $15,000 fundraising goal to be able to compensate the artists for their work at a fair and decent wage. You may recognize some of the participating artists: - Amiri Geuka Farris: he's done murals at the Savannah Children's Museum - Tyriq Maxwell - Jose Ray: we saw him working on the mural during our visit. Always cool to meet and watch an artist in action. - Jon Witzky - Xavier Hutchins - Kevin Bongang - Dana Richardson - Juliana Lupacchino: She is also known by the name of Ju Lu and her murals are in Starland Yard, as well as various prints on items around the city. She has a fun and playful style to her art and I can recognize it immediately! My kids and I stopped by to see the progress of the murals and as of this writing (week of Thanksgiving 2019), some of the murals seem incomplete. We saw and met Jose Ray on site, finishing up his mural and he said that all the artists were trying to finish by the "First Friday in Starland" as an unofficial deadline. So needless to say, the pics I've attached is the "work in progress". Love hunting for art murals and there is a gold mine of them, 8 to be exact, that can be found on Bull and 41st Street. Happy mural hunting and Happy Thanksgiving, Everyone!

Whenever I visit an area, I love looking for local art and murals. Starland Mural Project in…read moreSavannah is an example of one. It's smaller than I've seen elsewhere, but I'm sure will increase in time. If you ever go to downtown St. Pete, FL, you can actually take a tour of all of the beautiful murals everywhere, a walking tour and a biking tour. Back to this local mural project, I love the color and the expression. My doggie loves to take pics next to them too. Well, he doesn't seem to mind as you can tell from the pics lol! Check it out! They are not far from Starland yard which is a food truck park(which is cool to see in Savannah) and down the street from Back in the day Bakery. One of these days when I visit again I'll check it out.

We always enjoy this landmark representation of the area where we come and hang for fun each year…read more It's one of the things we look forward to taking photos and looking at the images and ways we've all changed through the years! This is a great area to hang, relax, eat and shop and from which to take trips to the water and enjoy the memory making together as a family!

Great public art attraction. Stop and park and then take photos…read more Really nicely decorated for Christmas. Highly recommend.

Located on the northwest corner of a reasonably busy intersection, this is an excellent artwork for…read morea vacation island. Titled "Sail Around" by Wayne Trapp (2011), the plaque indicates that it was a gift from the Public Art Fund of the Community Foundation of the Lowcountry to the Town of Hilton Head Island. Pretty, colorful, a nice artwork to see as you're waiting at the light. [Review 12396 overall, 2182 of 2019.]

It is always good to see and brings a smile. The cow greets you with a smile. :) #HistoricalLandmarkread more

This is one of the most iconic if not THE most iconic sign in Charleston! Every holiday is captured…read moreby the Coburg Cow... Quite the wardrobe and decor this cow has! Want to know how serious a storm is? This cow don't fly through the sky... She gets taken down as to keep protected if the weather is bad. When the cow is down, it's serious business... A hurricane IS coming!

This large monument is located in Johnson Square in Savannah. It was built to honor Revolutionary…read moreWar hero Brigadier General Nathanael Greene. Green was born in Rhode Island on August 7, 1742. He was a Quaker which is a pacifist religious denomination. He advocated independence from Britain and set aside his religious beliefs to set up a militia in Rhode Island when it looked war with Britain was eminent. His service in the 1776 Seige of Boston was noticed favorably by George Washington who gave Greene command of Boston after the British fled. Greene went on to fight in the battles of Trenton, Brandywine, and Germantown. Washington appointed him as commander of the southern forces of the American Continental Army during the American Revolution. He was instrumental in getting the British out of the south by directing Anthony Wayne's campaign in Georgia and aiding Colonel Henry Lee's revolutionaries in Georgia. The Mulberry Grove Plantation located north of Savannah was granted to Greene in thanks for his service. Greene County Georgia was named in his honor on February 3, 1786. Nathanael Greene Park in south Savannah was also named for him as is many other places in Rhode island. Nathanael Greene passed away on June 19th, 1786 from heatstroke while riding his horse. He was second in command to George Washington and Greene and Washington were the only two generals to serve the entire duration of the American Revolution. Greene was so revered by George Washington that he came to visit his widow at Mulberry Plantation upon Greene's death. Greene was buried in Colonial Cemetery but during the Civil War his grave was desecrated. His remains were later found in the Graham vault and interred in 1901 below this monument along with the remains of his son. The Egyptian obelisk monument to Greene was designed by William Strickland who took his design from Cleopatra's Needle. The foundation of the monument was laid by Marquis de Lafayette on March 21,1825 and the monument was completed by Strickland in 1830. In 2018 Savannah was in an uproar when someone put googly eyes on the relief of Nathanael Greene on the base of the monument resulting in a comical appearance and no damage was done. This monument is very well known in Savannah. Ghost City Tours along with other city tours uses this monument as a meet up point.

The memorial to Mayor Berlin G. Myers stands at the corner of West Richardson Avenue and South Main…read moreStreet in Summerville. It marks the center of the town he helped shape over nearly forty years of public service. Myers joined the Town Council in 1965 and became mayor in 1972 after the death of Mayor Allan Luke. He served ten consecutive terms before retiring in 2011. Under his leadership, Summerville grew from a small town of 3,000 to a thriving community of more than 45,000. The memorial includes a bas relief of the mayor and a plaque listing his achievements. It reads, in part, "Mayor Berlin G. Myers. A Lifetime of Service. To Church, to Country and to Community." It notes his birth in Knightsville in 1917, his military service during World War II including landing on Normandy Beach, and his founding of the Berlin G. Myers Lumber Corporation in 1939. It also honors his faith, his civic leadership, and the state awards he received for his service. [Review 1413 of 2025 - 1356 in South Carolina - 24964 overall]

I found a couple years ago, but I didn't have the map from the visitor center! Today I managed to…read morecatch the visitor center open, the map helped with the hunt! I walked to several (the map doesn't feel to scale) & walked back to others that weren't listed in the blown up section, and yet- they were so close! A few you need to drive to (realistically). I didn't see them all, but now I really want to go back and explore more! If it didn't storm, with tornado threats... lol, I wouldn't hinted them all down! John went and found ice cream while I roamed. The temps dropped 15 degrees in less than an hour! I went from sweater to coat & I'm grateful i always keep layers in the car! Plus, the rain coat came in handy too. Chase the magic, embrace the art and beauty of these trees.

Eleven tree spirits to find and what a wonderful time. I encourage all to grab your map at the…read morevisitor center and head out. Five are within walking distance. We found all eleven. (The pictures with the clues on map were helpful vs the actually map.) Have fun!

Perfectly appropriate setting for this monument, Denmark Vesey (1767-1822) was a freedman (after…read morepurchasing his freedom at age 32) and became helped found the African Methodist Episcopal Church which became the second-largest AME congregation in the US. In 1822, he was alleged to be part of a plan for a major slave revolt that would have had the rebelling slaves kill their masters. Convicted by a secret court, he and several others were executed in Charleston despite no confession and while proclaiming their innocence. Today this monument stands in the park that was once the property of the largest slaveholder in South Carolina, a former Civil War general. He stands on a tall pedestal (that's hard to read), holding a bible under his left arm and a bag of carpentry tools (he was a carpenter by trade) in his right hand. [Review 19459 overall - 1033 in South Carolina - 429 of 2023.]

This sculpture of a whale with her calf is located just outside the fun zone pool in Neptune Park…read more It is very clearly labeled not to be climbed on but some boy decided he needed to show off to his buddies. Fortunately, he managed not to fall off and hurt humself. The large concrete artwork is a North Atlantic Right Whale and the plaque nearby indicates that in February 1984, an expedition from St. Simons Island discovered a calving ground nearby. The caption indicates that the sculpture was installed in 1995. Check it out. [Review 15741 overall - 423 in Georgia - 1245 of 2021.]