ST. EOM’S PASAQUAN

Eddie Owens Martin, better known as St. EOM, grew up in rural Georgia but escaped to New York City in the ’20s, where he discovered a passion for painting and drawing. While living in New York, he received visions telling him to build Pasaquan , a word that combines Spanish and Chinese and essentially means “bringing the past together.” Martin returned to Georgia in the ’50s after his parents’ deaths and began to transform his family home near Columbus (about two hours south of Atlanta) into a surreal and whimsical wonderland.

On the seven-acre grounds you’ll find six structures, colorful totem poles, adorned walkways, and larger-than-life sculptures clad in bright patterns. Inside the home are rooms painted in psychedelic fashion—no surface was left untouched. Pas

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