The rest of the year, we highlight the best and worst people, places, and things of the moment. But for Thanksgiving, we thought we would honor those things about Atlanta we forever love — the attributes of the A that we cite when someone asks, "Why do you love Atlanta?" Well ... | more...

Originally designed by Joseph Forsyth Johnson, the landscape mastermind who sculpted Central Park in NYC, Piedmont Park is a flourishing green oasis nestled between Midtown and Virginia-Highland. | more...

To become a cultural ambassador in Atlanta, one only needs a mic and a mixtape. In fact, there'd be no "ATL" without the city's hip-hop scene. Ever since OutKast turned Hartsfield's three-letter airport code into a verbal boast back in 1994, damn near every rapper from the A has followed suit. But the unofficial city anthem has to be Jermaine Dupri and Ludacris' "Welcome to Atlanta." | more...