Things to Do in Atlanta

Luke will be heading to Atlanta in about a week. If he has time, here is a list of things for him to see and do. I didn't realize Atlanta actually has quite a few tourist attractions. I thought my hometown was made of malls, strip malls, and more malls :).

Top 10 Attractions

General Neighborhood Description:
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Specific Neighborhood Description:
Virginia Highland
-cute neighborhood, restaurants
-accessible by MARTA train and bus

Buckhead
-lots of bars, night clubs
-accessible by MARTA train, Buckhead Station

Little Five Points
-back in the late 80's, early 90's, this neighborhood was the "alternative", Doc Martin, pierced body parts neighborhood, now I don't know
-accessible by MARTA train, Inman Park Station

Atlanta Attractions:
The Varsity
-famous for their chili dogs, onion rings, and orange frosty
-accessible by MARTA train, North Avenue Station

Underground Atlanta
-tourist trap, but fun place to see, since everything is underground, shops

CNN Studio Tour
-never been myself

Atlanta Botanical Gardens
-might have gone when I was in grade school
-accessible by MARTA bus

Olympic Park
-where the 1996 Olympic bombing took place
-worth about 10 minutes

World of Coca Cola
-they don't reveal the Coca Cola formula to you, but you get to sample some Coke products that are distributed to other places in the world

Stone Mountain Park
-will need a car to get to
-a giant granite, literally a big rock park, with grass surrounding the rock

Margaret Mitchell House
-never been myself, never even seen "gwtw" myself, shame on me :)

The King Center
-never been myself
-Martin Luther King Jr. memorial

So, the next time I go back, I can use this list myself:).