ATTRACTIONS

Amusements

• American Adventures
  250 Cobb Parkway North • Marietta, GA 30062
  770-424-9283
  A wonderful children's theme park that offers numerous thrilling and family rides, an arcade, go carts, miniature golf, and fabulous eateries. more...  map

• Mountasia of Marietta
  175 Ernest Barrett Parkway • Marietta, GA 30066
  770-422-7227
  This family fun park features three beautifully landscaped miniature golf courses with challenging obstacles and lagoons to test your skills, as well as bumper boats, a go-kart speedway, and a game room filled with over 50 video and redemption games. more...  map

• White Water Park
  250 Cobb Parkway North • Marietta, GA 30062
  770-948-9290
  A variety of thrilling water slides, rides, attractions, and special areas for small children are featured at this water park where you will find "The Ocean," a 750,000 gallon pool that whips up four foot waves and "The Cliffhanger," one of the tallest freefalls in the world where the rider is propelled 90 feet straight down at high-speed.  more...  map

Historic Homes & Buildings

• Brumby Hall & Garden (circa 1851)
  Located on Grounds of Marietta Conference Center
  770-427-2500
  Listed on the National Registrar of Historic Places, this Antebellum Greek Revival house has been fully restored and features five beautiful rooms, as well as a solarium, with all rooms beautifully furnished with antique and period furniture. Two acres of picture-perfect formal gardens surround the home which is perfect for special occasion events. more...  map

• Root House Museum (circa 1845)
  145 Denmead Street • Marietta, GA 30060
  770-426-4982
  Depicting the lifestyle of middle class merchants in the 1850s, this Greek Revival style house was built by William Root, one of Marietta’s earliest merchants and its first druggist. A beautiful garden is on site which reflects the gardening practices of the mid-19th century, as well as outbuildings of the time and a gift shop on the first floor. Volunteer docents tell the story of the house, the Root family, and life in Marietta in the 1850s. more...  map

Historic Sites & Monuments

• Marietta Confederate Cemetery
  381 Powder Springs Street • Marietta, GA 30060
  Located at Powder Springs & Cemetery Streets
  770-794-5606
  Built alongside the Marietta City Cemetery in 1863, this cemetery is the final resting place for over 3,000 Confederate soldiers from nearby hospitals and the military operations around Marietta including The Battle of Kolb's Farm and The Battle of Kennesaw Mountain. more...  map

• Marietta National Cemetery
  500 Washington Avenue • Marietta, GA 30060
  770-528-0431
  View the graves of many Union officers who died from Dalton to Augusta and who were buried here during the Civil War. Over 17,000 men are buried here, more than 3,000 of them unknown, and many of the men died during the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain. A number of states have monuments on site in the memory of the slain men.  map

Museums & Galleries

• Gone With the Wind Museum: Scarlett on the Square
  18 Whitlock Avenue • Marietta, GA 30064
  770-794-5576
  A wonderful collection of Gone with the Wind movie and book memorabilia, including original costumes, scripts, books, movies posters, and photographs are displayed at this museum with highlights including the original Bengaline honeymoon gown worn by Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara in the film, several of Margaret Mitchell's personal volumes of the novel, and an educational display dedicated to the African American cast members. more...  map

• Marietta Fire Museum
  112 Haynes Street • Marietta, GA 30060
  770-794-5460
  Providing a unique look at firefighting techniques and equipment from as far back as the late 1800s, this museum showcases and exhibits antique fire engines and firefighting equipment with the highlight of the collection being the 1880s era Silsby Steamer named “The Aurora.”   map

• Marietta History Museum
  1 Depot Street, Suite 200 • Marietta, GA 30060
  Located on the Second Floor of the Kennesaw House
  770-794-5710
  One of Marietta's hidden treasures, there are three galleries overflowing with a wide variety of artifacts at this museum that explores the history of Marietta. Visitors can view the room where Andrew's Raiders made their final plans for the Great Train Robbery and learn about the Native Americans who inhabited this area before 1838 and The Trail of Tears to the present day. more...  map

• Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art
  30 Atlanta Street • Marietta, GA 30060
  770-528-1444
  Permanent collections which focus on 19th and 20th century art are showcased at this museum that also offers curated exhibitions, outreach programs, and social activities.  more...  map

• Marlow House Gallery (circa 1887)
  192 Church Street • Marietta, GA 30060
  770-426-1825
  Housed in a Victorian home located off Marietta's square, The Marlow House Gallery is The Marlow House's gallery featuring Thomas Kinkade art and other collectibles.  more...  map

Tours & Cruises

• Yellow Rose Carriage Service
  P.O. Box 3827 • Marietta, GA 30060
  770-499-9719
  This carriage company offers elegant horse-drawn carriages for that special occasion or event and features carriages based on the Royal Carriages of the 1870s, as well as a beautifully restored 1904 Studabaker carriage. Choose from two sets of light grey horses, a single red horse, and a pair of four year old red horses. more...  map