A mysterious granite structure that has long attracted tourists to a cow pasture in rural Georgia was destroyed for security reasons Wednesday afternoon after it was severely damaged by an explosive device in the early hours of the day, according to local officials.
The Georgia Guidestones, a 19-foot, three-inch-tall Stonehenge-like monument outside Alberton, Ga., Partially collapsed after the explosion around 4 a.m., according to a spokeswoman for the Georgia Research Office. No one was injured.