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Atlanta - History and culture

Things to Do: History and culture

TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #2 of 199 attractions in 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; Other
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #3 of 199 attractions in 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; Other
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #5 of 199 attractions in 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
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #6 of 199 attractions in Atlanta

The 19th-century farmhouse that once belonged to Joel Chandler Harris, the author of Br'er Rabbit and Br'er Fox.

Attraction type: Historic home; Museum
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #7 of 199 attractions in Atlanta

Rhodes Hall was constructed in 1904 for Atlanta businessman A.G. Rhodes. Today it is a house museum. Inspired by European castles, the mansion is made primarily of granite from nearby Stone...

Attraction type: Historic home; Castle
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #9 of 199 attractions in 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: Specialty museum; Historic home; Museum; History museum
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #10 of 199 attractions in 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; Other
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #11 of 199 attractions in 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; Other
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #12 of 199 attractions in Atlanta

In the 1880s, before there were epic motion pictures, there were Cycloramas. This 42-foot-high cylindrical oil painting depicts the Battle of Atlanta in 1864. Viewed from a 360-degree rotating platform, the vivid details of this historic Civil War battle are now restored and enhanced with music, narration and sound effects. Accompanying the Cyclorama is the Civil War Museum, highlighted by a steam locomotive from 1862.

Attraction type: History museum; Art museum; Other
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #15 of 199 attractions in 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; Architectural building; Other
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 3.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #17 of 199 attractions in Atlanta

The heart of African American commerce and culture in Atlanta at the turn of the century.

Attraction type: Neighborhood
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 3.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #18 of 199 attractions in 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
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #21 of 199 attractions in 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; Other
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #23 of 199 attractions in 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
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #24 of 199 attractions in Atlanta

This Atlanta neighborhood is filled with boutiques and fine restaurants and is lined with picturesque boulevards and cottages.

Attraction type: Neighborhood
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 3.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #26 of 199 attractions in Atlanta

When the original WOC opened in 1990 it was never intended to be a profit center for The Coca-Cola Company. There was a nominal admission cost at $2.50 for adults with lower price tickets for seniors,

Attraction type: History museum; Factory tour; Specialty museum; Tour; Other
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TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #27 of 199 attractions in Atlanta

This art and theater complex is home to Atlanta's largest and most prominent art institutions.

Attraction type: Architectural building; Art museum; Educational site; Theater district; Symphony; Performance
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TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #28 of 199 attractions in Atlanta

This large African-American cultural museum highlights both local and national issues.

Attraction type: History museum; Other
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TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #33 of 199 attractions in Atlanta

The trees and parks surrounding the beautiful homes make Ansley Park so very special. If you're walkin, cycling, or flinging frisbees, it seems like you're in the middle of Central Park in New York...

Attraction type: Neighborhood
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TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #34 of 199 attractions in Atlanta
Attraction type: Neighborhood
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