Discover Atlanta: Civil Rights and Culture Self-Guided Tour

The 21-acre urban green space built as the centerpiece of the 1996 Summer Olympics — the Fountain of Rings performs choreographed water-and-music shows while children play in the spray, surrounded by the downtown skyline and monuments to the Olympic legacy.

The sacred 35-acre district on Auburn Avenue preserving Dr. King's 1929 birthplace home, Fire Station No. 6, and powerful exhibits on the Civil Rights Movement. Timed-entry reservations required for the birthplace home tour.

The crypts of Dr. King and Coretta Scott King rest beside the eternal flame burning since 1977. Across the street, the historic 1922 Ebenezer Baptist Church sanctuary where Dr. King preached — still holding Sunday services, co-pastored today by Senator Raphael Warnock.

One of the world's most magnificent theater palaces — a 1929 Moorish Revival masterpiece with 4,678 seats, gilded details, and a starlit ceiling designed to evoke an Arabian courtyard. The Mighty Mo organ with 3,610 pipes fills the space during the summer movie series.

The Southeast's leading art museum — Richard Meier's 1983 white modernist building expanded by Renzo Piano in 2005. The 17,000-work collection features American masters, European paintings by Monet and Degas, African art, photography, and one of America's finest folk art collections.

Atlanta's 189-acre Central Park with skyline views, a 12-acre lake, and sports fields. Inside, the 30-acre Botanical Garden features a tropical conservatory, a 200-foot Canopy Walk through the treetops, and the Fuqua Orchid Center with 600+ species.

The transformative 22-mile multi-use trail built on former railroad corridors. The Eastside Trail connects Piedmont Park to Inman Park past murals and public art. Ponce City Market — a 1926 Sears warehouse turned food hall — anchors the route with Skyline Park's rooftop amusements.

The historic 1889 Atlanta Stove Works building reborn as a food hall with 25+ local vendors serving Georgia ingredients. Surrounding Inman Park — Atlanta's first planned suburb from 1889 — features Victorian mansions, independent shops, and the annual festival and parade.

Atlanta's oldest cemetery spanning 48 acres since 1850 — the final resting place of Gone with the Wind author Margaret Mitchell, golf legend Bobby Jones, and 6,900 Confederate soldiers. Gothic Revival monuments and Victorian sculpture create one of America's most artistic burial grounds.

Once called 'the richest Negro street in the world' by Fortune magazine — the commercial and cultural heart of Black Atlanta from the 1900s through the Civil Rights era. Historic churches, the APEX Museum, and the original Ebenezer Baptist Church tell the story of Black enterprise and resilience.