Places bellalittle Wants to Go

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

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

Nature (and graffiti) reclaim this old waterworks that has been surrounded by a bike path and network of walking trails.

An unusual art exhibition in a suburban yard is designed to awaken the souls of those flowing by.

Like Mars, but much closer.

A semi-retired nurse’s record-setting collection of 3,000 tiny chairs.

This intricate Hindu temple is the largest of its kind outside of India itself and was constructed like a giant puzzle.

A late-night restaurant empire was launched from this humble storefront.

Tour the sci-fi-esque reality of governmental disease management.

Developers built a Walmart around one family's plot and constructed a mausoleum in the parking lot.

Secret gardens just a few miles from downtown Atlanta.

A hidden oasis just two minutes from downtown Atlanta.

This old school, eccentric, and independent video rental store refuses to die.

No passport is required to eat around the world at this elegant restaurant.

An old bank vault in Atlanta is now the eternal shrine to the King of Rock and Roll.

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

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

Mai Tais and Navy Grog served up in one of the original tiki bars.

This wondrous hideaway is suspended in a bamboo forest above a sanctuary for rescued llamas and alpacas.

The largest cemetery in the American Southeast is a hidden gem near the heart of Atlanta.

Georgia’s last drive-in movie theater is a relic of a bygone era.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.

Once luxurious, these oceanfront beach homes have been left to succumb to the elements as the beach is slowly washed away.