Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre is Atlanta's premier entertainment destination for Broadway shows, ballet performances, concerts, opera and more. Randy Travis, Bill Maher, Styx, Melissa Etheridge, and Jon Sewart have all taken the stage here. Seize the opportunity to see a production in this 2,750 seat venue.
Get your fill of nature and its greatest creatures at the Cochran Mill Nature Center. The center provides education on a variety of topics involving animals, their habitats, and our environment. Cochran Mill also aids with wildlife rehabilitation, taking in injured animals and nursing them back to health when possible, and permanently housing them when unable to return to the wild. If you're a true animal and nature lover looking for an experience with the wild outside of the zoo, you won't want to pass up a visit to this attraction.
Tour on the Atlanta History Center Tour, and learn about the city from the people who know it best. On your exploration of the 33-acre center, you'll see photographs and artifacts that detail time periods of Atlanta's past. Other features include various gardens, a research library, two historic homes, and the Margaret Mitchell House & Museum.
Pack a family picnic for a day at Piedmont Park. This Midtown Atlanta destination offers plenty of activities for a family day spent outdoors, including basketball, swimming, fishing, tennis, a playground and more. Special features of Piedmont Park are the Six Springs Wetlands, and Legacy Fountains. The park is also situated near other Atlanta attractions like the Botanical Gardens.