Why Atlanta?

Atlanta Botanical Garden

This peaceful oasis in Midtown Atlanta includes 30 acres of gardens, forest, and trails. Also the Dorothy Chapman Fuqua Conservatory, a glass-walled building housing more than 7,000 rare and endangered tropical and desert plans.

 

Atlanta History Center

This Buckhead facility features 32 acres of gardens, wildlife trails, and woodland areas filled with native flora rare plants and granite outcroppings. The entire complex includes the 1840s Tullie Smith Farm house and outbuildings: 1928 Swan House mansion: Swan Coach House restaurant: and the History Museum, with permanent and charging exhibitions on subjects such as the city's African-American history, 1996 Centennial Olympic Games, Civil War and "Gone With the Wind."

 

CNN Studio Tours

See global news in the making at the CNN Studio at the CNN Center in Downtown Atlanta. A 45-minute walking tour includes an exhibit area with CNN and Turner memorabilia, the Control Room Theater, Special Effects Studio and Main Newsroom.

 


"Jimmy" Carter Presidential Center

Visitors to this facility dedicated to the work of former U.S. president and Georgia native Jimmy Carter, can be surrounded by nature yet able to enjoy a fine view of the Downtown Atlanta skyline. Such is the case with the Japanese Garden, an area designed by renowned master gardener Kinsaku Nakane, which features two waterfalls cascading over rocks into a pool. Inside are artifacts from Carter's presidency.



The Margaret Mitchell House

Many visitors to Atlanta are looking for "Gone With the Wind" and they can find it in this three-story Tudor Revival mansion in Midtown Atlanta where author Margaret Mitchell lived and wrote her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. The house has been restored and is open to the public, along with a Visitors Center and Museum Shop.



Martin Luther King Jr. Historic District

This four block area on Auburn Avenue is where civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was born and raised. Today, it includes the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change (founded by Coretta Scott King shortly after her husband was killed in 1968), the restored King Birth Home and Ebenezer Baptist Church.

The King Center displays his personal belongings and gravesite, a marble crypt surrounded by the Reflecting Pool.

 


William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum

Explore Atlanta's Jewish history from 1845 to the present. Encounter the Holocaust through the story of the Jews of Europe. Operating under the auspices of the Atlanta Jewish Federation, the museum sponsors a number of exhibitions, programs, genealogical and archival rego. Guided tours and self-led tours are available for adults, families, schools, conventions, corporations and more.

 

Atlanta Cyclorama & Civil War Museum

Home of the world's largest painting, "The Battle of Atlanta." Through spectacular music art, and sound effects, history comes alive as you step back to July 22, 1864. Civil War displays, including the locomotive Texas. An outstanding book store. Private receptions, lectures and meetings. Located in Historic Grant Park, next to the zoo.


World of Coca-Cola

More than 1 million people visit this attraction annually to learn more about the world's most popular soft drink through memorabilia, video presentations and displays. Included is a re-creation of a 1930s soda fountain, vintage TV and radio commercials and the Everything Coca-Cola store, with the world's largest selection of Coke merchandise.