The former town, forests and more buried beneath Georgia's Lake Lanier

The drought is starting to expose many of Lake Lanier’s secrets, from the mundane to the surprising. As the lake recedes, it reveals trash and other items dumped into it by visitors.

When Lake Lanier was filled in the 1950s, it covered whole forests, roads, bridges and even a race track.

The racetrack was called the Gainesville Speedway. It was a dirt track where stock cars once ran. With the drought, visitors can see some crumbling concrete foundations for the Speedway’s bleachers.

See the rest of Lake Lanier’s surprises in the gallery above.

At Lake Lanier’s deepest depths, exceeding 100 feet, a backwoods Atlantis survives.

Anglers kept reeling in eye-catching bass. Now, Georgia has 2 new species.

Decades of fish stories — along with years of genetic analysis — have helped scientists finally determine that two types of black bass in Georgia are distinct species.

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Georgia National Guard to aid Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration

The Georgia National Guard will deploy 75 soldiers and airmen across the state this fall to support the Trump administration’s nationwide crackdown on illegal immigration.

In Savannah, ICE rides shotgun with local police to find and arrest immigrants

ICE agents riding in Georgia patrol vehicles marks a level of synergy between federal and local law enforcement agencies previously unheard-of, advocates say.

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