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Readers Choose Tellus for Nearby Getaway

The science museum is your pick for a family-friendly place to spend time on a staycation.

It appears that when you want to get away without really going away, you go to Cartersville.

In this week’s regional Readers’ Choice survey of staycation destinations, three of the top four vote-getters are Cartersville sites: , and .

And even though are in Cartersville Patch, commenters complained about a couple of the Cartersville sites we left off the list.

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So it’s only fitting that this week’s Readers’ Choice for favorite staycation destination is in Cartersville: the Tellus museum.

in Douglasville Patch actually received the most votes, getting 27 percent. But we give equal weight to reviews and ratings of the directory listings, and Sweetwater Creek received none.

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Tellus, which finished second in the poll, also finished second to the Booth museum in the number of five-star ratings this week. That combination gave Tellus the win.

Thanks to everyone who voted, rated and commented.

Next week we’ll help everyone get ready for summer by tapping into the hottest trend in cold refreshment, frozen yogurt. To make sure your favorite fro-yo place makes it into our Readers’ Choice poll, mention it in the comment section of this article by 5 p.m. Sunday.


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