Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is the capital and largest city of Georgia, located in the northern part of the state. It is also a major distribution, financial, and transportation center. The Atlanta skyline has changed dramatically since the 1960s with the addition of numerous skyscrapers and large buildings.
The seat of Fulton County, Atlanta also occupies portions of De Kalb County. Atlanta is located on the Piedmont Plateau, a rolling upland region on the eastern slope of the Appalachian Mountains. The city’s high mean elevation—323 m (1,059 ft) above sea level—distinguishes Atlanta from most other southern cities and gives it a more temperate climate than urban areas located further south. The city itself is relatively small in land area at 340.8 sq km (131.6 sq mi), but the metropolitan region is one of the largest in the southeastern United States, encompassing 15,867 sq km (6,126 sq mi), occupying 20 counties, and containing a number of smaller established municipalities such as Decatur, Marietta, Douglasville, and Roswell.
Things to do in Atlanta are to visit all the places which has been marked as the point of interest.
These include the State Capitol (1889); Underground Atlanta, a subterranean marketplace with shops, bars, and cafes; City Hall (1930); and the Peachtree Center business complex.
The Georgia Dome, the home of the Atlanta Falcons football team, and the Philips Arena, where the Atlanta Hawks basketball team and the Atlanta Thrashers hockey team began play in 1999, are also located downtown.
Points of interest in southern Atlanta include the Atlanta Zoo; the Cyclorama (a 109-m/358-ft mural depicting the Civil War Battle of Atlanta); The Wren’s Nest (former home of 19th and early-20th century writer Joel Chandler Harris); and Turner Field, home of the Atlanta Braves baseball team, which opened in 1997. Northern Atlanta is the site of Ansley Park residential community, the governor’s mansion, and the Atlanta Botanical Gardens.
Eastern Atlanta features the Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site (including King’s birthplace; Ebenezer Baptist Church, where King preached; and the King Center, where his tomb is located). The Herndon Home (the residence of Atlanta’s first black millionaire, a former slave named Alonzo Franklin Herndon) and Six Flags Over Georgia amusement park are located in western Atlanta.
Wow! So many places to go! I think I need a good sightseeing tours.
Atlanta will be my next vacation! What about you??
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