Photo Essay Vanishing Landmarks of (North) Georgia In the 18th and 19th centuries, the Georgia landscape was dotted with hundreds of gristmills and covered bridges that served local farming communities and aided the transportation to those mills. In the new book "Vanishing Landmarks of Georgia" (blairpub. com), photographer Joe Kovarik documents 56 mills and 16 covered bridges that survive along the backroads of Georgia. Here's a sampling of those in North Georgia. 52 BlueRidgeCountry.com Lott Mill (above) is part of Dr. Tom Lott's collection of buildings replicating an 1850s Heritage Farm near Cleveland. Stovall Bridge (top right), at 36.8 feet and near Sautee Nacoochee, is the shortest clear-span covered bridge in Georgia. Skeenah Creek Mill (right), which is part of the Skeenah Creek Campground near Suches, was built in 1848.http://www.BlueRidgeCountry.com