ATTRACTIONS

Amusements

• Pin Strikes BOOK
  3478 Mt. Zion Road • Stockbrige, GA 30281
  770-302-0786
  Proudly located in Clayton County, Georgia, Pin Strikes is your bowling center destination of choice. Put the bowling directory down, you’ve just found your perfect family entertainment center.  more...  map

• Atlanta Skydiving Center
  6544 Skydiver Lane • Atlanta, GA 30328
  770-684-3483
  Atlanta Skydiving Center is the largest skydiving operation in the Eastern United States. Serving Georgia since 1979 with professional skydiving instruction.  more...

• Biplane Rides Over Atlanta
  Dekalb-Peachtree Airport
  770-393-3937
  "Don't just dream...relive the romance and adventure of open cockpit flying while soaring over Atlanta's most famous attractions - the Downtown Skyline, Stone Mountain, Lake Lanier and Ted Turner Field." Enjoy a romantic sunset flight. Watch the sun set as the lights come on over the city. Experience the sights, sounds and sensations of being a WWII fighter pilot. Pick from three classic biplanes; (1) two Boeing PT-17 Stearman, a two-seater biplane introduced by the Stearman Aircraft Division of Boeing in Wichita, Kansas, in 1934, (2) a Waco, and (3) an AT-6 which is powered by a 600 H.P. Pratt & Whitney radial engine.  more...  map

• Georgia Aquarium
  225 Baker Street • Atlanta, GA 30313
  Located at Pemberton Place®
  404-581-4000
  The Georgia Aquarium, known as the "eighth ocean of the world," is the world’s largest aquarium with eight million gallons of fresh and marine water and more than 100,000 animals of 500 species from around the world. One major highlight of this aquarium is the whale shark exhibit. These large sea animals can grow up to 50 feet in length. Visitors will have the opportunity to visit five ecosystem galleries, a 100 foot long tunnel, and the natural habitats of the whale shark and beluga whales. more...  map

• Imagine It! The Children's Museum of Atlanta
  275 Centennial Olympic Park Drive Northwest • Atlanta, GA 30313
  404-659-KIDS
  Here children AND adults can let their imagination run wild with such activities as gathering and delivering food, engineering a train, exploring an underground garden, and going through a giant maze.  more...  map

• Six Flags Over Georgia
  275 Riverside Parkway • Atlanta, GA 30168
  Located in Austell
  770-948-9290
  The Southeast's premier family theme park, this world-class theme park offers over 100 rides and attractions including thrilling roller coasters like the Superman Ultimate Flight and the Georgia Scorcher. more...  map

• Stone Mountain Park
  1000 Robert E. Lee Drive • Stone Mountain, GA 30083
  U.S. Highway 78 East, Exit 8
  770-498-5690, 800-401-2407
  Stone Mountain Park offers a variety of entertaining and interactive shows, several dining options, two lodging establishments, the Evergreen Marriott Conference Resort and the Stone Mountain Inn; the 300-passenger Henry W. Grady Paddlewheel Riverboat, a miniature golf course, an 1870's Southern town with demonstration crafters, the Great Barn® featuring super slides, trampoline floors, climbing structures and over 65 interactive games, and a full-size 1940's locomotive with open-air cars that will take you on a five-mile excursion around the mountain. more...  map

Historic Homes & Buildings

• Callanwolde Fine Arts Center (circa 1920)
  980 Briarcliff Road Northeast • Atlanta, GA 30306
  404-872-5338
  Built for Charles Howard Candler, the eldest son of the Coca-Cola founder, this 27,000 square foot Gothic Tudor style mansion has an architecture of "openness" and the grounds contain sculptured lawns, formal gardens, nature trails, and a rock garden. A wide variety of art events and arts education classes for children and adults are held here. more...  map

• Georgia Governor's Mansion (circa 1967)
  391 West Paces Ferry Road • Atlanta, GA 30305
  404-261-1858
  This 24,000 square foot Greek Revival mansion gleams with museum quality, Federal style period antiques and arts work and contains 30 expansive rooms. The mansion sits on 18 acres originally belonging to the Robert Maddox family and guided tours are available Tuesday through Thursday.  map

• Georgia Railroad Freight Depot (circa 1869)
  One Martin Luther King Jr. Drive • Atlanta, GA 30303
  Located Behind the World of Coke
  404-656-3850
  One of the oldest buildings in downtown Atlanta, this freight depot is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and has been beautifully restored to its original appearance.   map

• Herndon Home (circa 1910)
  587 University Place • Atlanta, GA 30314
  404-581-9813
  Designed by Alonzo Herndon, a former slave who founded Atlanta Life Insurance Company, this 15 room, Beaux Arts mansion is a National Historic Landmark and it was built by black craftsmen. more...  map

• Margaret Mitchell House & Museum (circa 1899)
  999 Peachtree Street • Atlanta, GA 30309
  404-249-7015
  Margaret Mitchell wrote Gone with the Wind while living in this turn-of-the-century Tudor Revival mansion and tours of Mitchell's restored basement apartment complete with her battered typewriter, letters, and memorabilia are available. Tours of the Gone with the Wind Movie Museum are also available daily. more...  map

• Wren's Nest, The
  1050 Ralph David Abernathy Boulevard • Atlanta, GA 30310
  404-753-7735
  Atlanta’s oldest house museum, this turn-of-the-century Victorian house was home of Joel Chandler Harris, creator of Br'er Rabbit, Br'er Fox, the Tar Baby, and other delightful critters who roam through his 1880s book, Uncle Remus.  map

Historic Sites & Monuments

• Hardman Farm
  1447 Peachtree Street • Atlanta, GA 30309
  404-873-7306
  Guides will interpret this villa's many antique and architectural features and visitors to this historic site can also explore an ancient Indian mound.  map

• Historic Oakland Cemetery
  248 Oakland Avenue Southeast • Atlanta, GA 30312
  404-688-2107
  This is the final resting place of more than 70,000 people including famed author Margaret Mitchell, 3,900 Confederate soldiers, and golf legend, Bobby Jones.  map

Museums & Galleries

• American Museum of Papermaking
  500 Tenth Street Northwest • Atlanta, GA 30332
  404-894-7840
  The premier collection of artifacts related to papermaking in the world is held at this internationally renowned museum that showcases a remarkable collection of over 10,000 watermarks, papers, tools, machines, and manuscripts, as well as over 2,000 books. more...  map

• APEX Museum
  135 Auburn Avenue Northeast • Atlanta, GA 30303
  404-521-2739
  A black history museum that showcases a variety of changing exhibitions of the Black Diaspora ranging from hair styles to art and dancing to Africa's history.  more...  map

• Atlanta Cyclorama & Civil War Museum
  800 Cherokee Avenue Southeast • Atlanta, GA 30315
  Located in Historic Grant Park
  404-658-7625
  "The Longest Running Show in the Country," this unique cyclorama was established in 1893 and is the home of the world's largest painting of the Battle of Atlanta, as well as home of the historic Civil War locomotive, "Texas," which was the hero of the "Great Train Race." History comes alive through spectacular music, art, and sound effects as you step back to July 22, 1864, and become part of the battle.  map

• Atlanta History Center
  130 West Paces Ferry Road Northwest • Atlanta, GA 30305
  404-814-4000
  Interactive exhibitions on the Civil War, folk art, and the history of the region is featured at this history museum where visitors can also experience life on an 1860s working plantation or take an elegant look into Atlanta’s past at the 1928 Swan House mansion before strolling through 33 acres of beautifully landscaped gardens. more...  map

• Center for Puppery Arts
  1404 Spring Street Northwest • Atlanta, GA 30309
  404-873-3391
  Dedicated to the art form of puppetry, this unique cultural treasure is a magical place where children and adults are educated, enlightened, and entertained through enchanting performances, curriculum based workshops, and hands-on exhibits. more...  map

• Clark Atlanta University Art Galleries
  223 James P. Brawley Drive, Southwest • Atlanta, GA 30314
  Trevor Arnett Hall at Clark Atlanta University
  404-880-6102 or 404-880-6644
  CAUAG's permanent collection consists of around 640 works of Contemporary American, African American, and African art. The three collections include paintings, murals, sculpture, works on paper, and ethnographical artifacts.  more...  map

• Fay Gold Gallery
  764 Miami Circle • Atlanta, GA 30324
  404-233-3843
  Fay Gold Gallery is a contemporary fine art gallery which exhibits paintings, sculptures, and photography, by such artists as Michael Barringer, David Bierk, Kim Anderson, and Toby Cole, among their permanent and temporary exhibits.  more...  map

• Federal Reserve Monetary Museum
  1000 Peachtree Street Northeast • Atlanta, GA 30309
  404-498-8267, 877-521-8500
  Learn the role of the Federal Reserve through interactive, multimedia exhibits while at this museum that contains a fascinating collection of artifacts, coins, and currency. more...  map

• Fernbank Museum of Natural History
  767 Clifton Road Northeast • Atlanta, GA 30307
  404-929-6300
  "Atlanta's home to dinosaurs," this museum was the first museum in the world to display the world's largest dinosaur, an Argentinosaurus. Visitors are able to view special exhibitions ranging from reptiles to Egyptian artifacts. This museum is also home of The St. Catherines Island Foundation and Edward John Noble Foundation Collection, which contains more than one million objects, spanning a period of over 4,000 years, which include aboriginal and European ceramics, glass trade beads, artifacts from the Mission Santa Catalina de Guale, and more. An IMAX Theatre is also on-site for visitors to enjoy. more...  map

• Georgia Capitol Museum
  431 State Capitol • Atlanta, GA 30334
  404-651-6996
  The Georgia Capitol Museum is a public educational institution seeking to preserve and interpret the history of the Georgia State Capitol building itself via collecting, maintaining, and exhibits of significant artifacts, including historic flags and works of art. more...  map

• High Museum of Art
  1280 Peachtree Street Northeast • Atlanta, GA 30309
  Located in Midtown
  404-733-HIGH
  A premiere art destination in the Southeast, this museum displays a wide range of artwork including impressionism, modern, contemporary and folk art. The High Museum of Art will feature hundreds of works of art from the Musee de Louvre in Paris until 2009. The Renzo Piano-designed Table 1280 restaurant is also on site.  more...  map

• Ivan Allen Jr. Braves Museum and Hall of Fame
  755 Hank Aaron Drive • Atlanta, GA 30312
  404-614-2311
  Experience the legend of the Atlanta Braves while at this museum that contains over 500 artifacts, videos, and photographs that trace the Braves history from their 1871 Boston beginnings to their current Atlanta home. Learn about baseball legends Hank Aaron, Eddie Mathews, Dale Murphy, Phil Niekro, Warren Spahn, and Ted Turner at the Braves Hall of Fame and receive a guided tour of Turner Field while visiting this museum.   map

• Jimmy Carter Library & Museum
  441 Freedom Parkway • Atlanta, GA 30307
  404-331-3942
  One of the only ten presidential libraries in the world and the only one in the deep South, this library and museum exhibits Carter's early years, his life at the White House, and key issues of the Carter Presidency. The museum features an exact replica of the Oval Office and two to four temporary exceptional exhibits are displayed annually. A tax free gift shop and a 30 minute film on the American Presidency are also available at this museum. more...  map

• King Center
  449 Auburn Avenue, Northeast • Atlanta, GA 30312
  404-526-8900
  "The King Center is the official, living memorial dedicated to the advancement of the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., leader of America’s greatest nonviolent movement for justice, equality and peace." more...  map

• King Plow Arts Center
  887 West Marietta Street Northwest • Atlanta, GA 30318
  404-885-9933
  An arts community and center for commercial, performing, and visual arts that features working art studios, commercial artist spaces, art galleries, areas designed for the performing arts, and a restaurant within historic and architectural significant buildings. more...  map

• Michael C. Carlos Museum
  571 South Kilgo Circle • Atlanta, GA 30322
  Located at Emory University
  404-727-4282
  Housed in a distinguished building designed by renowned architect Michael Graves, this museum contains the largest collection of ancient art in the Southeast with objects from ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, the Near East, and the ancient Americas on display. The museum also displays collections of 19th and 20th century sub-Saharan African art, as well as European and American works on paper from the Renaissance to the present.  more...  map

• Museum of Design
  285 Peachtree Center Avenue • Atlanta, GA 30303
  Located in the Marquis II Tower
  404-979-6455
  An "affiliate" of the Smithsonian Institution, the Museum of Design is dedicated to the art of design and its influence over our lives. more...  map

• Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia
  303 Peachtree Street, Lower Lobby • Atlanta, GA 30308
  Located at SunTrust Plaza
  404-881-1109
  At both of The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia's two locations, in Downtown and Midtown Atlanta (1447 Peachtree Street), patrons will be able to view works by several hundred Georgia artists in many types of mediums including sculpture and photography.  more...  map

• National Museum of Patriotism
  1405 Spring Street • Atlanta, GA 30309
  404-875-0691, 877-276-1692
  The National Museum of Patriotism is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the history of patriotism through exploring its development through educational displays and exhibits. more...  map

• Robert W. Woodruff Arts Center
  1280 Peachtree Street, Northeast • Atlanta, GA 30309
  404-733-5000
  One of the top visual and performing arts centers in the nation, the Woodruff Arts Center includes the Alliance Theatre Company, High Museum of Art, Atlanta College of Art, 14th Street Playhouse, and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.  more...  map

• World of Coca-Cola, The
  121 Baker Street • Atlanta, GA 30313
  Located in Downtown Atlanta
  404-676-5151, 800-676-COKE
  Beside the Georgia Aquarium at Pemberton Place®, you will find the largest world's largest collection of Coke memorabilia at the World of Coca-Cola. This 20-acre "green" complex, situated across Baker Street from Centennial Olympic Park, also includes rotating exhibits, interactive exhibits such as the Secret Formula 4-D Theater ride, the Coca-Cola Store, and over 70 different products to sample.  more...  map

National Parks & Natural Wonders

• Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site
  450 Auburn Avenue Northeast • Atlanta, GA 30312
  404-331-5190
  This national historic site is a memorial to America’s most revered civil rights leader and the place where Dr. King was born, lived, worshipped, and is now buried. National Park Service rangers provide guided tours of Dr. King’s birth home. more...  map

Parks, Gardens & Zoos

• Atlanta Botanical Garden
  1345 Piedmont Avenue Northeast • Atlanta, GA 30309
  404-876-5859
  Walk through 15 acres of outdoor display gardens, including formal gardens, rose gardens and a Japanese garden, while at this botanical garden. Named one of the best public gardens by readers of Southern Living, the Atlanta Botanical Garden also features a two-acre children's garden and a conservatory, which houses rare and endangered plants from tropical rainforests and desert regions. more...  map

• Centennial Olympic Park
  265 Park Avenue West Northwest • Atlanta, GA 30313
  404-222-PARK
  A lasting legacy of the Centennial Olympic Games, this 21-acre park contains the Fountain of Rings, the world's largest interactive fountain; playgrounds, the FountainSide Café, and more. A wide variety of fun-filled, family entertainment and events are held here throughout the year. more...

• Piedmont Park
  400 Park Drive Northeast; P.O. Box 7795 • Atlanta, GA 30306
  Located 2 Miles Northeast of Downtown Atlanta
  404-875-PARK
  Adjacent to the Atlanta Botanical Garden, the 185-acre Piedmont Park is considered one of the largest city parks in the nation. It offers a swimming pool, trails and sidewalks, open air concerts, sports fields, playgrounds, the Piedmont Park Tennis Center, Piedmont Dog Park, a weekend farmers market, summer film screenings, Bark in the Park, and much more. The park is open daily from 6:00 a.m. until 11:00 p.m. more...  map

• Zoo Atlanta
  800 Cherokee Avenue Southeast • Atlanta, GA 30315
  Located in Historic Grant Park
  404-624-WILD
  Over 200 species of animals can be seen at Zoo Atlanta, all living in naturalistic habitats. The whole family will enjoy seeing zebras, giraffes, Thomson’s gazelles, yellow-backed duikers, African lions, Argus pheasants, Sumatran tigers, giant pandas, ground hornbills, Chilean flamingos, Komodo dragons, otters, red pandas, drill monkeys, kangaroos, gorillas, clouded leopards, and more.  more...  map

Science & Technology

• Fernbank Science Center
  156 Heaton Park Drive Northeast • Atlanta, GA 30307
  678-874-7102
  This 160,000 square foot educational science center has exhibits which focus on Georgia's varied plant and animal life. The Fernbank Science Center offers visitors a chance to see far-flung galaxies through the Southeast's largest telescope. more...  map

Tours & Cruises

• Atlanta Preservation Center Guided Walking Tours
  327 St. Paul Avenue • Atlanta, GA 30312
  404-688-3350
  Specially trained guides will take you on an hour and a half tour of some of Atlanta's preserved areas and buildings. On your walking tour you will visit Fox Theatre, Historic Downtown, Sweet Auburn / Martin Luther King Jr. Historic District, Inman Park, Frederick Law Olmsted’s Druid Hills, Grant Park, and Ansley Park. All tours except the Fox Theatre are offered from March 1 through November 30. more...  map

• CNN Studio Tour
  One CNN Center • Atlanta, GA 30348
  404-827-2300, 877-4CNNTOUR
  Reservations are needed for the 45 minute guided tour of the CNN studio. more...  map