Tag: 50 Best Things to do in Georgia
Catch a flick under the stars at Swan Drive-In
One of only four drive-ins still operating in Georgia, the Swan Drive-In Theatre opened in 1955 in tiny Blue Ridge.
Tackle a Class V rapid on the ’Hooch
After some man-made channels and rapids were engineered, the 2.5-mile stretch became the world’s longest urban whitewater course, featuring a whooshing rapid called Cut Bait, the biggest wave east of the Colorado.
Pull up to the lunch counter at Atlanta’s Center for Civil and Human Rights
In the 1960s thousands of peaceful protesters risked violence and arrest to desegregate Atlanta’s lunch counters.
Admire Madison’s white columns in May
The best time to admire Madison's pristine Greek Revival, Romanesque Revival, and Victorian architecture is during the annual Tour of Homes & Gardens in May.
Chow down on pie at Yoder’s Deitsch Haus
On a backroad through the fertile farmland near Montezuma, find Yoder’s, a cafeteria and local gathering spot for a community of Mennonites.
Drive (and eat) along Buford Highway
Don’t let the drab strip malls fool you; Atlanta’s most soulful dining experiences can be found along this corridor.
Witness a rare diamorpha bloom on Arabia Mountain
Stone Mountain isn’t the only enormous granite monadnock around.
Eat a steak fresh on the farm at White Oak Pastures
Will Harris's family farm in southwest Georgia, White Oak Pastures, is the largest organic farm in the state and has gained nearly every accolade for sustainable farming techniques.
Listen to “ATLiens” at the Sound Table
At the Sound Table, a hip restaurant and music venue on Edgewood Avenue near downtown, a local DJ spins almost every night of the week.
Admire a blanket of autumn color in northwest Georgia
Winding through the mountains on the edge of the Chattahoochee National Forest, State Route 52 drips with deciduous jewels in fall: golden-yellow oaks and ginkgoes, deep-purple sweetgums, blazing-red maples.
