Places Toastietime Wants to Go

A celebration of one man’s obsession to collect the strangest items imaginable.

An oddity shop filled with taxidermy, funerary memorabilia, and more.

Healing Springs that once ran red with soldiers' blood.

Civil War soldiers, captains of industry, and paupers all interred on historic grounds.

A colorful square marks the heart of the city's LGBTQ community.

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

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

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

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

Secret gardens just a few miles from downtown Atlanta.

A hidden oasis just two minutes from downtown Atlanta.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A local dive where religious kitsch, Southern identity, and queer culture collide.

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

The legacies of two historic Black American institutions live on in this unassuming brick building.

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

Happy harbor seals frolic and snooze on this warm, sandy stretch of coast.

A frog crossed this road, but whether it made it to the other side remains a mystery.