Places AriAlbD Wants to Go

It’s all about the Benjamins at this Atlanta museum with interactive exhibits.

The home of a 19th-century author who brought African-American folktales to the mainstream is now Atlanta’s oldest house museum.

The site of the notorious Camp Sumter Prison is now a peaceful memorial.

Where you can experience the story of Appalachia, as told by Appalachians.

This Art-Deco movie palace is the oldest independent cinema in Atlanta.

Located on the campus of Emory University, this museum is filled with objects from the Americas to ancient Greece.

An abandoned munitions storage facility with a rich architectural history.

After just one epic test blast, this literal loose cannon proved too explosive for combat.

Unruly residents were housed in this one-person cell until the Black Maria arrived.

The ruins of a resort and casino sit on the banks of this blue hole spring that pumps 70,000 gallons of warm, clear water every minute.

The site where Confederate president Jefferson Davis was defeated has been marked with a bust... that leaves that part out.

The ruins of a paper mill destroyed during the Civil War still tower over a tributary of the Chattahoochee River.

A popular oddity on display in a stately building, offering a symbolic commentary.

Built in 1785, this residence is the oldest stone house in Georgia.

This protected reserve is home to a rare and beautiful species of flower.

Two flush headstones mark the only known graves to be embedded in an airport runway.

More than a century after her death, Little Gracie Watson remains one of Savannah's most often-visited residents.

FDR hoped to find a cure for polio in this Georgia town's warm springs.

An eerie smiling woman looms above the granite tombstones.

This "living building" on Georgia Tech's campus is home to a blueberry orchard, honeybees, and more than 900 solar panels.

This lovely burial mound is actually a replica that was installed after archeologists excavated the original.

The first public building in Savannah to offer air conditioning was a luxurious cinema that still operates today.

An early-19th-century hotel with a past that is steeped in the Civil War.

A once-groundbreaking power plant turned into a hotel and mini-museum of archeological and geological wonders.