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World of Coca-Cola, Atlanta

A popular Atlanta attraction, this tribute to the world-famous soft drink, born a century ago in a local Atlanta pharmacy, fills three stories with everything you ever wanted to know about Coca-Cola. A spectacular collection of memorabilia, entertaining, hands-on exhibits and video presentations as well as unlimited samples in many flavors await you.

Attraction type: History museum; Factory tour; Specialty museum; Tour

Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site, Atlanta

Start at the visitor center and then work your way around the three main sites in this historic park: the home in which the leader of the Civil Rights movement in America was born, the church where he preached and the memorial site where he is buried. A major Atlanta attraction, the park draws some 500,000 visitors each year.

Attraction type: Historic home; Historic site

High Museum of Art, Atlanta

This stunning, porcelain-enameled building was designed by famed architect Richard Meier and is rivaled only by the art inside. Featuring American, European and African art, as well as decorative art and photography, the High Museum boasts a permanent collection of over 11,000 pieces, many of which can be viewed from different levels of the four-story, glass atrium.

Attraction type: Art museum; Museum; Art gallery

Fernbank Museum of Natural History, Atlanta

One of the largest natural history museums in the U.S., the Fernbank’s architecture is as intriguing as the fascinating exhibits inside. The building has spiraling staircases, huge columns, a brick atrium and windows looking out onto the forest that it borders. The exhibits are spectacular and include a life-sized kaleidoscope, a skeleton of the largest dinosaur ever discovered, an IMAX theater and a "Walk Through Time in Georgia," a story of the earth’s develoment, complete with sound effects and recreated landscapes of a swamp, cavern, marsh and plateau.

Attraction type: Natural history museum

Centennial Olympic Park, Atlanta

Built for the 1996 Summer Olympic Games, this public park offers weekly free concerts, a dancing water fountain for the kids and a memorial quilt in remembrance of the victims of the 1996 Olympic bombing.

Attraction type: Park; Historic site

Atlanta History Center, Atlanta

Get a glimpse into the lives of Georgian farmers at the Tullie Smith Farm and of wealthy Atlantans at the Swan House Mansion, and visit the museum which traces Atlanta’s as well as Georgia’s history through Civil War artifacts, photographs, and decorative arts. The 33-acre center contains forests and gardens, including the mile-long Swan Woods Trail.

Attraction type: History museum; Garden

Zoo Atlanta, Atlanta

This extraordinary zoo, one of the oldest in the U.S., underwent a multi-million dollar renovation in the 1980s and is still expanding. Its landscaping replicates the natural habitats of the numerous animals, some of which are endangered species. Two panda bears from China delight the crowds, and groups of gorillas separated by moats do their own share of entertaining.

Attraction type: Zoo

Margaret Mitchell House and Museum, Atlanta

Margaret Mitchell’s one and only novel, “Gone with the Wind,” was born in an apartment in this turn-of-the-century Tudor Revival mansion. Now a museum on the National Register of Historic Places, the house offers visitors a 90-minute guided tour that tells the story of the author, the Pulitzer Prize-winning book and the making of the movie.

Attraction type: Museum; History museum; Historic home; Specialty museum

Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta

Step into a world of magic and serenity at the Atlanta Botanical Garden, where new additions like the Fuqua Orchid Center treat visitors to a rare collection of high-elevation orchids never before grown in the southeast.

Attraction type: Garden

Michael C. Carlos Museum, Atlanta

This 45,000-square-foot museum on the campus of Emory University is the largest natural history museum in the Southeast.

Attraction type: Natural history museum; Art museum

Jimmy Carter Library and Museum, Atlanta

Learn about the administration — and personal life — of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter at this extensive library and museum situated on a historic hilltop amid 30 acres of gardens, lakes and waterfalls. You’ll view an exact, full-scale replica of the Oval Office, participatory videos, gifts to the White House, exhibits focusing on Carter’s support of human rights and, of course, plenty of documents, photographs and correspondence.

Attraction type: Library; History museum

Ebenezer Baptist Church of Atlanta, Atlanta

This sanctuary became a spiritual haven for civil rights activists when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. served as senior pastor in the 1960s. On the self-guided audio tour, King’s inspirational sermons will take visitors back in time, while the new Horizon Sanctuary across the street is home to the present day congregation, highlighted by its traditional tabernacle choir.

Attraction type: Place of worship

CNN Center, Atlanta

Home to the world’s first and largest 24-hour news network, the CNN Center features a Studio Tour that treats visitors to a behind-the scenes look at the live newsrooms in action. The tour features history and trivia as well as interactive exhibits that put visitors in the control room and at the anchor desk of their own television newscast.

Attraction type: Architectural building; Tour

Center for Puppetry Arts, Atlanta

A performing arts center as well as a museum.

Attraction type: Theater; Specialty museum; Science museum

Underground Atlanta, Atlanta

Underground shopping mall full of pushcart vendors, casual eateries and storefront retailers.

Attraction type: Mall; Marina; Nature reserve

Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta

This historical park is the final resting place for many Civil War soldiers, golfing legend Bobby Jones, and “Gone With the Wind” author Margaret Mitchell. In 2003, the cemetery began a 5-year, $15 million restoration project.

Attraction type: Cemetery; Mysterious site

Rhodes Memorial Hall, Atlanta

Modern, four-level museum housing the work of many famous and up-and-coming artists.

Attraction type: Historic home

Georgia State Capitol, Atlanta

Attraction type: Government building

Fox Theatre, Atlanta

Recently restored to its original gilded look of the 1920s, the Fox Theatre features “Mighty Mo,” a classic Moller organ with over 3,600 pipes. The lavish theatre currently hosts Broadway musicals, comedy shows and dance companies throughout the year.

Attraction type: Theater

Fernbank Science Center, Atlanta

Highlights of this science museum include an exhibit on the development of life in Georgia over the past 500 million years, the original Apollo 6 space capsule and the world’s largest telescope dedicated to public education.

Attraction type: Observatory/planetarium; Science museum

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