Spend a day enjoying outdoor and indoor recreation at the Bessie Branham Park. This park has a recreation center that houses indoor basketball courts, men's and women's locker rooms, a fitness room, library, arts and crafts center, a community room, and more. If you prefer to get some fresh air, hang out at the playground or Urban Tree House outside. There is also a large green area at Branham Park where you can stage a football or baseball game.
What will you build? With over 3 million LEGO® bricks to choose from at LEGOLAND® Discovery Center Atlanta, get your creative juices flowing as you explore the indoor, family attraction offering play areas, rides, 4D cinema experiences, Master Model Builder Workshops and more. Discover your favorite Georgia buildings made entirely out of LEGO® and try to guess how many bricks each building is made from. Spend a day with the kids (3-12 years) as you jump into a giant box of LEGO® bricks at LEGOLAND® Disocvery Center Atlanta.
You haven't really experienced Southern history until you've toured a genuine plantation home. Journey back through time as you walk through the Archibald Smith Plantation Home. This historic home was built in 1845 and has been preserved over 150 years through the test of time. Exhibits in the home include a feature on the Smith family and their role during the Civil War.
Take in the eerie beauty of Georgia's oldest burial grounds, the Oakland Cemetery. The cemetery was founded in 1850 and there are an estimated 70,000 people laid to rest in its 48-acre expanse. Sections of the cemetery include the New Jewish section, the Black section, the Confederate section, and the cemetery's Original Six Acres; each section represents a different time in history. Some of Atlanta's most important and influential figures are interred here.