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Margaret Mitchell House and Museum
990 Peachtree St Ne, Atlanta, GA
by Hilton 
TravelSkoot's best art and culture in Atlanta sends you on a journey exploring our nationals history from the Martin Luther King Center to President Carters Library and beyond. Explore all Atlanta has to offer!
Six decades after it was first published, Gone with the Wind continues to fascinate people around the world. Now the author's house, a cramped one-bedroom she called "the Dump", offers fans a taste of her life and times. The tour begins with a look at Mitchell's early newspaper columns, continues through her front room where her typewriter is on display, and on to a photography exhibit and collection of her personal letters. You'll learn about the house's history and hear great anecdotes from Mitchell's eclectic life. The annex has set pieces and props from the movie, and, of course, Scarlett's blue dress.
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A stunning ode to the days of the great movie palaces, the Fox Theater actually began life as a Shriner's Hall. No expense was spared in it's design, but by the time it opened in the wake of the great depression, money was suddenly an object again. The space quickly found its way into earning its keep as a cinema. Today, the theater fills its restored art-deco inspired minarets and domes with Broadway touring shows, concerts, and even ballet. Today the biggest draw to the theater is Mighty Mo., a massive 3622 pipe organ - custom made in 1929 as the second largest theater organ in the world.
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Set on 30 acres of gardens, lakes, and waterfalls, this impressive presidential library houses some 27 million pages of documents, memoranda, and correspondence from Jimmy Carter's White House years. In the extensive museum, you'll find an exact replica of the Oval Office during Carter's presidency; an exhibit enhanced by a recording of Carter speaking about his experiences in that office. Other exhibits focus on Carter's support of human rights; his boyhood days; and his pre-presidential life as a peanut farmer, governor, and state senator. There's an excellent cafeteria, with patio seating overlooking a Japanese garden. President Carter himself stops in occasionally.
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Martin Luther King, Jr.'s commitment to nonviolent social change, lives on at this memorial, museum, and educational center. In Freedom Hall, memorabilia of King and the civil rights movement are displayed, as well as the key to his room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn., where he was assassinated. In addition to serving as a museum and hub of social-justice activity, the center is Dr. King's final resting place, visited by tens of thousands each year. His white-marble crypt rests outside in the Freedom Plaza, inscribed with his words: "Free at Last. Free at Last. Thank God Almighty I'm Free at Last."
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Climb the hilltop at Oakland Cemetery, and you're walking in the very footsteps of General John B. Hood, who watched the Civil War's Battle of Atlanta from that very spot. Soldiers from both sides are buried within. Since it was founded in 1850, many of Atlanta noted citizens have been buried amongst the historic sculpture and architecture. Famous citizens like Bobby Jones, Maynard Jackson - and Margaret Mitchell, the author of Atlanta's most famous novel - Gone With The Wind. Beyond the botanical preserve and its ancient oaks and magnolias, you can get a glimps of the modern city.
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Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta was established in 1850 and is the final resting place for distinguished Atlanta politicians (mayors and governors) and luminaries such as Margaret Mitchell, author of Gone with the Wind, golf legend Bobby Jones, and Maynard Jones, Atlanta's first African-American Mayor. The cemetery is also home to extraordinary monuments, mausoleums and stonework. The most famous is the grave marker for around 3,000 unknown Confederate soldiers called "Lion of Atlanta."
Locally known as the "Castle on the Hill," the beautiful and newly renovated Hilton Atlanta Northeast hotel is centrally located in Norcross, Georgia's Peachtree Corners area, a short drive from Buckhead and downtown Atlanta. With 272 elegantly appointed hotel guest rooms and suites, the hotel has all you need to make your stay one to remember. Take advantage of the hotels indoor/outdoor pool to cool off in after a long day in Atlanta! Or dine in the newly renovated restaurant, Basil's Kitchen with a spectacular continental menu serving Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner in a casual setting. At night head over to Basil's Bar for some light dining and cocktails!
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The Atlanta Cyclorama houses an example of an art form popular at the end of the 19th century. A cyclorama is a theater-in-the-round, affording a 360-degree view of a story as depicted on a massive painting. Enhanced by multimedia effects, they were the forerunners of newsreels, travelogues, and TV war coverage. Only three cycloramas survive, and Atlanta's, built in 1921, is considered the best. It hosts the world's largest oil painting, depicting the Civil War's Battle of Atlanta. A 3-D diorama in front of the painting adds foreground depth and creates a convincing illusion.
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