|
Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site
- 2013 Celebrates the 50th Anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream" speach at the March on Washington. Visit the birth home of Dr. King, the Ebenezer Church where he preached and learn more about the civil rights rights movement in the United States.
|
|
Stone Mountain Park
- Now an exciting venue for outdoor family fun 16 miles east of Atlanta. A mountain car takes you for a ride to “Mt. Rushmore of the South” where three confederate generals are carved into the largest exposed granite face in the world.
|
|
The Fox Theatre
- Built in the 1920s, this opulent Midtown theater survived the Great Depression and years of decay to reemerge in the '70s as a National Historic Landmark that houses Atlanta Ballet performances, touring musicals, concerts, movies and more; many guests visit to hear the 3,600-pipe theater organ.
|
|
Margaret Mitchell House and Museum
- Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Margaret Mitchell House is a turn-of-the century, three-story, Tudor Revival building where Margaret Mitchell lived and wrote her Pulitzer-Prize winning book, Gone With the Wind.
|