Places CuriousMichele Wants to Go

Once a safe haven for Black patrons and performers—including Billie Holiday and Duke Ellington—during the Jim Crow era, portions of this nightclub and motel have been restored to welcome a new kind of visitor.

An elegant Georgian cemetery best known for the grave of the little girl whose murder on Christmas Day remains unsolved.

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

This abstract roadside poultry was saved from demolition by outraged drivers and pilots.

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

An ornate Buddhist temple located in an Atlanta suburb, built by and for the Laotian community.

This collection of ferns from across the globe is the largest assortment in the United States.

3/4-scale model of the White House in Atlanta, Georgia.

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

This hidden stone has absorbed decades of human anxiety.

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

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

Just a few miles from downtown Atlanta is a trail covered in a crazy collection of outsider art.

The Battle of Atlanta in 360 degrees, featuring a corpse that bears a striking resemblance to Clark Gable.

This small cemetery is all that remains of Atlanta's first Black communities.

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

Secret gardens just a few miles from downtown Atlanta.

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

This massive store is home to an eccentric collection of vintage, retro, and peculiar goods.

A grassroots community effort in the 1970s led to the creation of this beautiful garden full of delightfully whimsical exhibits.

Suspended above the ground in a thicket of towering Georgia trees is a modern architectural wonder.

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

Scattered around Atlanta are little doors with big charm.

One of the world’s largest collections of paper memorabilia chronicles 4,000 years of papermaking.