Places Edited by juliekraut

For more than 15 years, this downtown dive bar has hosted fiery outdoor “iron pours.”

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

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

On land once deemed “valueless,” a multipurpose community garden proves the potential of urban farming.

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

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

The first integrated firehouse in Atlanta houses a museum on the history of desegregation in the city's fire department.

The largest Jewish museum in the southeastern U.S. houses a permanent Holocaust exhibit emphasizing the strength of its survivors.

Proceeds from this colorful teahouse in a historic Atlanta neighborhood directly fund women’s education in northeast India.

This pair of centuries-old magnolia trees was once struck by a Babe Ruth home run.

For the last eight decades, this curious shop has been ridding Atlanta of bad juju.

After being inoperative for over half a century, this elaborate fountain in Atlanta's oldest park was restored to its former glory.

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

The oldest active juke joint in the state sustains a niche school of blues guitar.

A cheeky alleyway window hosts tiny rotating exhibits with outsized charm.

One of the last remaining venues on the Old Chitlin’ Circuit is a kaleidoscopic music hall at the end of a dirt road.

A roadside music shop featuring a confounding series of folk art installations.

A museum within a former train depot tells the true story of a distinctly French-Louisiana musical genre.

This 19th-century benevolent society and jazz hall was rescued from abandonment to again host live music.

An ancient cave system in Tennessee’s Appalachian foothills converted to a 1,200-person music venue.

“The Cajun Music Capital of the World” has kept things French in a Louisiana prairie town for over 75 years.

One of the last Depression-era bandshells still standing was the site of Elvis Presley’s first live concert.

A 1980s tour bus that traveled millions of miles to facilitate a superlatively rigorous performing career.

The centerpiece of the Delta Blues Museum is a wooden sharecropper’s cabin that once housed a titan of blues music.