Atlanta
If you told your author during his college days at the University of Georgia that the fiercely independent coffeehouse Jittery Joe’s would someday sit inside a Ritz-Carlton Hotel, he would have had you committed. But here it sits, one of many positives at this 444-room neoclassical luxury downtown hotel.
The sexy lobby – all midnight-blue banquettes and chandeliers shrouded in glass drums – leads to richly appointed rooms with marble bathtubs – not exactly common in Atlanta. Parking is $45.
Martin Luther King Jr National Historic Site
0.8 MILES
The Civil Rights movement owes a great debt to the actions of various martyrs, communities and political actions throughout the American South, but almost…
2.09 MILES
Atlanta's modern High Museum was the first to exhibit art from Paris' Louvre and is a destination as much for its architecture as its world-class exhibits…
Center for Civil and Human Rights
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The striking Center for Civil and Human Rights was a 2014 addition to Atlanta's Centennial Olympic Park. It is a sobering $68-million memorial to the…
Martin Luther King Jr Birthplace
0.92 MILES
The home where Martin Luther King was born and spent the first twelve years of his life is now part of the National Historic Site. Free first-come, first…
Fernbank Museum of Natural History
3.57 MILES
Fernbank is a supremely kid-friendly museum that explores a bunch of subjects (dinosaurs, geology, shells, IMAX-style theater), all attached to a 65-acre…
2.13 MILES
A glorious, rambling urban park and the setting of many cultural and music festivals. The park has fantastic bike paths and a Saturday Green Market (from…
0.77 MILES
The new Ebenezer Baptist Church is the home of the congregation once led by Dr Martin Luther King Jr. As befits one of the most influential church…
2.35 MILES
A wonderland for visitors of all ages and hands down one of Atlanta's most unique attractions, the museum – expanded in 2015 – houses a treasury of…
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Soar 200ft above the Atlanta skyline in this 20-story, 42-gondola Ferris wheel.
2. Children's Museum of Atlanta
0.38 MILES
A hands-on museum geared toward kids aged eight and under. It's pretty small, so don't expect much to entertain adults, but it will distract your little…
0.41 MILES
Atlanta's Centennial Olympic Park is the city's focal point for visitors. The park itself features a dancing Fountain of Rings water fountain, a Quilt of…
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This self-congratulatory museum might prove entertaining to fans of fizzy beverages and rampant commercialization. The climactic moment comes when guests…
5. Center for Civil and Human Rights
0.44 MILES
The striking Center for Civil and Human Rights was a 2014 addition to Atlanta's Centennial Olympic Park. It is a sobering $68-million memorial to the…
6. College Football Hall of Fame
0.47 MILES
It is impossible to overstate the importance of college football to American culture. This museum, relocated from Indiana in 2014 and revamped into this…
0.49 MILES
This shopping and entertainment district in the Five Points area touted itself as a 'city beneath the streets' when it opened on Atlanta's original post…
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Atlanta's showstopper. It's crowded, but the appeal of this aquarium, the second largest in the US, is hard to deny: whale sharks, playful sea lions at…