Georgia Guidestones Site

The former location of "America's Stonehenge" - a mysterious 19-foot granite monument commissioned in 1979 by a man using the pseudonym R.C. Christian. The monument stood for 42 years before being destroyed by an explosion in 2022.

For over forty years, the Georgia Guidestones stood in rural Elbert County as America's Stonehenge—a mysterious monument shrouded in conspiracy theories and supernatural speculation. On July 6, 2022, at 4:03 a.m., an explosion captured on security cameras reduced the eastern slab to rubble. Hours later, crews demolished the rest "for safety reasons." No suspects were ever arrested.

The monument's origins were always mysterious. In 1979, a man calling himself R.C. Christian approached the Elberton Granite Finishing Company, claiming to represent an anonymous group wanting to build a monument with messages for future generations. He refused to reveal his true identity and set up legal contracts ensuring permanent secrecy.

The resulting structure—four 19-foot granite slabs arranged in a star pattern—bore inscriptions in eight languages offering guidelines for rebuilding humanity after an apocalypse. Among the most controversial: "Maintain humanity under 500,000,000." This led to conspiracy theories connecting the Guidestones to the Illuminati, New World Order, and satanic forces. Others linked the alias "R.C. Christian" to the Rosicrucians, a mystical secret society.

People reported feeling an eerie presence at the site. The mystery deepened in 2022 when Republican gubernatorial candidate Kandiss Taylor campaigned on demolishing the monument, calling it satanic. Sixty-five days later, someone bombed them.

Only dirt was found beneath the stones—no rumored time capsule. Today, the field stands empty. The Guidestones began in mystery and ended in one: an anonymous message erased by anonymous hands.