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Visitor's Guide
Creative Loafing is an intensely local guide. We've been publishing a newspaper in the area since 1972 and just about all of the culture has been reported in the newspaper or on this website. Looking for things to do in the area? We can direct you.
Here's our suggestion. Work off this page - start with the 5 Things to Do list below which are our recommendations for today's events - one of these might catch your fancy. We've got a full City Guide of suggestions for locals if you want to go native. We have also included a list of tourist-oriented suggestions below as well as our favorite local attractions. If you are looking for events at the neighborhood level, take a look at our What's Going On to get the best local information available.
Five Things to Do Today
Drawn and Disorderly Pop up art Market Event (Event Scheduled)
Saturday September 18, 2021 12:00 am EDT
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30th Annual Marietta StreetFest Event (Event Scheduled)
Saturday September 18, 2021 09:00 am EDT
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African Culture and Arts Festival Event (Event Scheduled)
Saturday September 18, 2021 11:00 am EDT
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Buckhead Fine Arts Festival 2021 Event (Event Scheduled)
Saturday September 18, 2021 12:00 pm EDT
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Atlanta Contemporary: Adrienne Elise Tarver: Underfoot Event (Event Scheduled)
Saturday September 18, 2021 12:00 pm EDT
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Tourist/Visitor Lists
Best Tourist Spots Article
Friday March 26, 2021 10:31 am EDT
Our list of the best tourist spots in Atlanta. For locals and out of towners.
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10 history lessons you'll find in Atlanta Article
Saturday December 26, 2020 04:00 am EST
Educational landmarks from the museum to the grave
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Atlanta's surviving hip-hop haunts Article
Monday October 21, 2019 03:08 pm EDT
Explore these rap-related cultural landmarks in Atlanta
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Tourist Spots
Georgia Aquarium Tourist Attractions
The nation's largest aquarium has more aquatic life than any other aquarium, with specimens from more than 500 species, including whale sharks, the la...
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SkyView Atlanta Tourist Attractions
The age of the Ferris wheel in Downtown is upon us, Atlanta. The 20-story attraction known as SkyView Atlanta takes guests on a roughly 15-minute ride...
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Museum of Design Atlanta (MODA) Tourist Attractions
CL: A Smithsonian-affiliated gallery that has featured shows on artist-designed furniture, Japanese product design, lunch boxes and eco-friendly architecture. MODA is the only museum in the Southeast devoted exclusively to all things design.
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Atlanta Botanical Garden Tourist Attractions
Atlanta's most fragrant attraction blooms with more than 3,000 ornamental plants spread over 30 acres adjacent to Piedmont Park, including a rare 15-a...
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Delta Flight Museum Tourist Attractions
Housed in Delta's two 1940s aircraft hangers. Includes Ship 41, the first Douglas DC-3 to carry Delta passengers in 1940; the Spirit of Delta, Delta's...
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Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park Tourist Attractions
A 2,965-acre park and museum on the site of the 1864 Civil War Campaign for Atlanta.
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Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Tourist Attractions
Offers free, self-guided tours of the Monetary Museum and Visitors Center.
Waffle House Museum Tourist Attractions
You heard right, we said, "Waffle House Museum." In 1955, neighbors Joe Roger Sr. and Tom Forkner embarked on a plan to smother and cover the world (o...
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Stone Mountain Park Tourist Attractions
The world's largest mass of exposed granite is the centerpiece of this park, which features golf courses, hiking trails, camping, swimming, dining, an...
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Piedmont Park Tourist Attractions
The 200-plus-acre park with tennis, walking trails, and a pond has been Atlanta's place to go on a Sunday afternoon since it was first purchased by th...
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Atlanta History Center Tourist Attractions
Founded in 1926, the center includes the Atlanta History Museum featuring signature and traveling exhibitions, the Smith Family Farm, the 1928 Swan Ho...
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Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum Tourist Attractions
Presidential Library system and museum with special exhibitions and a permanent collection that features photographs and historic memorabilia from the...
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Margaret Mitchell House Tourist Attractions
The house where much of Gone with the Wind was written beckons to tourists and native Atlantans alike who want to understand more about the author of ...
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Things to Do in the Area - A Guide for Tourists and Visitors
