Every urban center – no matter how big or small – has notable places that can never be parallel . And these are the same places you ’re supposed to visit at least once if you expend enough time there . But although some of them are toppingly unique , others are neat - up corny , and how are you imagine to know the difference between them without a definitive list that rate them all ? You know what , do n’t even serve that . We ’ve draw you .
30. The Varsity
If some local insists on taking you here for dinner , ask if you’re able to return the favor by learn them to the bathroom stall with you later . What’llyahavewhat’llyahavewhat’llyahave ? A selfie , less money , and the BGs when you get home .
29. Underground Atlanta
The satire is that we ’re all pretty much over it .
28. The Margaret Mitchell House
A long time ago , someone purchase a house on Peachtree , live in it , and wrote a book there . Cool .
27. SkyView Atlanta
The big , brilliant Ferris wheel seems to have just rolled into town and stopped near the Tabernacle , like so many Lawrenceville residents attending a Slayer concert . Yes it ’s lit , but it ’s also goofy AF .
26. The Corey Tower
What would ATL be without a random phallic thermionic valve with an even - more - random digital billboard on the side of the main road ? Flaccid , I hazard .
25. Atlanta Cyclorama & Civil War Museum
It ’s on the move decent now from Zoo Atlanta to the Atlanta History Center and wo n’t be viewable for a couple yr , but it still survive . And the fact that it ’s even potential to make what looks like a locomote visual , round interpretation of The Battle of Atlanta is perplexing . particularly because it ’s not about the one between Young Jeezy and Gucci Mane .
24. Atlanta History Center
Ever wanted to learn more about ATL ? You could of row follow the picture show – T.I. really is n’t a unsound role player ! – or you could get serious and chit-chat the AHC in Buckhead . If nothing else , it ’ll make you experience some sort of ownership of our metropolis , and lord knows that will go forth as presently as you walk outside and see all those surrounding Paces Ferry mansions .
23. Swan House
It ’s a adorable sometime Renaissance - revival - styled Buckhead mansion , calling out to your oculus to swoon over its quondam - school glamor and Southern appealingness . Too unfit it was pay for with cotton money that was , um … “ earn . ” Right .
22. Atlanta Botanical Garden
walk around and breathing in the fragrant air is enough to make your lover forgive all of your betise and unjustified jokes . Everybody should go here at least once a twelvemonth – it ’s respectable for your soul .
21. CNN Center
You may not even watch much CNN , but it ’s cool to acknowledge that the internet Ted Turner built does much of its broadcast medium right here . If nothing else , it increases the chance that you ’ll one 24-hour interval track down into Don Lemon at the drome and tell him how you really feel .
20. APEX Museum
It stands for “ African - American Panoramic Experience , ” and it ease up visitor a corking view into the social contributions and historic achievements of Atlanta ’s large demographic chemical group , from enterpriser and inventors to innovator of entertainment and cultural icons .
19. Callanwolde
This historical Candler family base was built with Coke money and has become a great fine artistry centre . This is one of those places you decidedly DO NOT wanna be at seen with a Pepsi .
18. East Lake Golf Club
Bobby Jones designed it , and yes , everybody flips out over Augusta National . But you certainly do n’t palpate like you ’re in a lesser topographic point when you ’re out on the undefiled greens watching – or playing – a troll of golf where some of the greatest players in the existence come to putt while the great unwashed clap gently .
17. The Fox Theatre
The iconic signal on the box of Peachtree and Ponce is a city treasure in and of itself . construct in 1929 , it ’s survived all sorts of fiscal brinksmanship and threats of permanent stoppage , yet continues to host domain - class stage display and movie masking .
16. Jimmy Carter Presidential Library & Museum
Mr. Peanut ’s term in office was only four years , but he ’ll always be ATL ’s POTUS , and you ca n’t assist but delight sitting in the Oval Office replica and contain out memorabilia and photos of this surprisingly beautiful man stare at things and posing with rotary telephone set .
15. Krog Sreet Tunnel
come in it for the first time feels like the worst estimate ever , but with all the amazing , ever - change graffiti adorning the walls – legally allowed by the owners and the city – you finger like you ’re moving through a painting , albeit one that is admittedly sketch .
14. Oakland Cemetery
So many dead Confederate soldiers you could take the air on !
13. Fernbank Museum of Natural History
The thoroughgoing skeleton of the largest dinosaur to ever know , Argentinosaurus , is here . It was about 130 ft farsighted and 24 ft high and was n’t afraid of nothin' ! Except unexpected asteroid .
12. The National Center for Civil & Human Rights
A museum that excuse humankind ’s battle for par and DoJ , the CCHR is a keen place to go for insight into what folks went through to get us where we are today , and to remind us of the continued drive needed to get us to a greater place . Or at least past this current election .
11. World of Coca-Cola
They have a tour picture that is very likely to make you shed a brown , sugary tear of joyousness . They have machine that let you make the bad – or in effect – take on a Coke anybody ’s ever attempted . They also have the OG recipe safely guarded inside a big - ass vault , and all sorts of interactive display dedicate to Atlanta ’s most famous beverage .
10. Georgia State Capitol
How the hell do you not admit a shoes with a bonce crest with genuine , actual gold ? Even if nothing good ever happens underneath it , it ’s still flossy .
9. Stone Mountain
Sure , it used to be a meeting shoes for some very gimpy multitude who carved their gimpy heroes into the side of the gem , but whatever . There may still be a opportunity for us to have OutKast , riding in a Cadillac , bestow to The Rock . And whatever the chronicle , people reclaim it every mean solar day just by repeating the achievement of hiking all the way to the top .
8. Georgia Aquarium
Attending an event in the westerly hemisphere ’s largest fish pool , or just taking the usual tour , is amazing . croak profoundly into the water system , and your pockets , for a swim with the whale shark is one of the sterling thing you’re able to do in Atlanta , period .
7. Centennial Olympic Park
Yes , its creation to the earth was a real bomb , but since then it has become a fantastic space where we can imbibe vino on Wednesdays , attend summer and twilight fete , and even see concerts like last yr ’s ATLast case celebrating OutKast ’s 20 - yr day of remembrance with three Day of performances . And it ’s OK to admit that you still run through the Olympic ring fountain with other real children .
6. High Museum of Art
Some masses think it ’s cliché to be a regular attendee of your city ’s main art museum . The High , if it actually could , would slap some nerveless into you for not being cognizant that they have a highly popular monthly live jazz event , incredible shows ranging from Dalí to Basquiat , veranda talking with some of our smartest , artsiest neighbor , and destitute days for occupant .
5. The Big Chicken
There ’s a reason you see this braggart wooden snort paint , sewn , stitched , screen - publish , and carved into every medium of humanities / crafts imaginable at summer and drop festivals . It ’s ridiculous , therefore it is Atlanta .
4. Zoo Atlanta
We have more giant panda than a false time to come , and you should go meet their cute small self , along with all the other amazing animals that know in Grant Park . Try not to have the green-eyed monster of them having a place in such a fantastic area get to you .
3. Ebenezer Baptist Church
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. preached sermons from the pulpit of this super - important Atlanta place of spiritual adoration , and it is still a gather topographic point for the great unwashed who attempt to collectively express the demand for alteration in our city , res publica , and world .
2. The Dwarf House
Chick - fil - A had to start somewhere , and that place is this Hapeville mini - castle – an laughable hybrid of a breakfast buffet car and a home for actual dwarf , with bantam doors and other strangeness to go with your favorite sandwich and nuggets .
1. MLK Jr. National Historic Site
It ’s the cradle of one of history ’s large manpower , justly here on Auburn Ave . If you did n’t think this would be No . 1 , you ’re plausibly eat a chili dog at The Varsity .
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