31. Marietta National Military Cemetery
City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (770) 428-5631
Address: 500 Washington Ave.
Description: More than 17,000 veterans, beginning with those from the Civil War, are buried in this 25.3-acre cemetery. More than 10,000 known and 3,000 unknown Civil War soldiers are interred here. The cemetery is open daily from sunrise to sunset.
City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Tours & Attractions
City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Tours & Attractions
Address: 275 Riverside Pkwy.
City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Tours & Attractions
Address: 250 North Cobb Pkwy.
City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Tours & Attractions
Address: 9135 Willeo Rd.
City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Tours & Attractions
Address: 2829 Cherokee St.
City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Tours & Attractions
Address: 101 East Court Sq.
City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Tours & Attractions
City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Tours & Attractions
Address: 185 Crogan St.
City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Tours & Attractions
Address: 7000 Holiday Rd.
41. Southeastern Railway Museum
City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (770) 476-2013
Address: 3595 Peachtree Rd.
Description: This popular 34-acre outdoor museum has been open since 1970; it moved to its present location in 1999. Train buffs will revel in the displays of more than 80 pieces of retired rolling stock including vintage steam locomotives and historic wooden cars. Tour the 1911 Pullman used by President Harding. You can even take a train ride in a restored caboose that traverses the museum’s half-mile loop track. The museum is open every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission costs $8 for adults, $6 for senior citizens, and $4 for ages 2 to 12. Your admission price pays for train rides.
42. Callanwolde Fine Arts Center
City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (404) 872-5338
Address: 980 Briarcliff Rd.
Description: Originally the home of Howard Candler, the eldest son of Coca-Cola’s founder, Callanwolde now is a fine arts center. A nonprofit foundation directs a variety of arts programs, including dance, drama, painting, photography, pottery, textiles, writing, and more. In 1996, just prior to the Olympics, the center was renovated to house the Italian delegation. New plantings and a restructuring of the greenhouse area were just a few of the changes made.
43. Johnny Mercer Exhibit
City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (404) 651-2477
Address: 103 Decatur St. SE
Description: Find this exhibit in Special Collections on the eighth floor of Georgia State University’s Pullen Library South. Music lovers will enjoy seeing displays of awards, manuscripts, photos, and letters from the life of this composer of enduring music. Savannah-born Mercer wrote such standards as “Blues in the Night,” “Jeepers Creepers,” and “Come Rain or Come Shine.” Tour the Johnny Mercer Exhibit during school hours.
44. Margaret Mitchell Exhibit Central Library
City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (404) 730-1896
Description: This permanent display on the main floor of Atlanta-Fulton County’s Central Library features reproductions of the author’s pages from the Gone With the Wind manuscript, a movie script, the coat Mitchell wore while volunteering with the Red Cross, her library card, and other rare memorabilia. View this exhibit during regular Central Library hours: Monday through Thursday 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Friday and Saturday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sunday 2 to 6 p.m.
45. Museum of Design Atlanta
City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (404) 979-6455
Address: 285 Peachtree Center Ave.
Description: This museum celebrates the crafsmanship of the world’s culures through ethnographic, folk art, and design exhibits. Open Tuesday through Saturday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.