Emeritus At Big Creek

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.

Sometimes the simplest dates can be the most romantic. Enjoy an intimate conversation over a cup of coffee at Cafe Intermezzo. This isn't your average coffee shop though; Cafe Intermezzo has a breakfast, lunch, and dinner menu, serves a wide range of coffees, beers, wine and other beverages, and has an impressive list of desserts.

Be part of the crowd that makes the High Museum of Art one of the most-visited museums in the world. When you stroll through this museum, you'll see over 11,000 pieces of art, including works by Claude Monet, Dorothea Lange, and Chuck Close. The arts showcased in the museum span the 19th and 20th centuries and feature American and European art, decorative arts, modern and contemporary art, photography, and media arts. The museum also spotlights the works of Southern self-taught artists, and classic, foreign, and independent films. The High Museum of Art offers a complete art experience for any appreciator of the arts.

Take the kids to the Center for Puppetry Arts for a closer look at one of the main forms of child entertainment. Check out the center's museum to see how puppets are made, and get a look at some of famous puppeteer Jim Henson's work while learning about his legacy in the puppet world. After exploring the museum's attractions, watch a puppet production of stories like The Ugly Duckling, The Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow, and Peter Pan.