The Chattahoochee River is Atlanta’s unofficial playground. Run by the National Park Service, the Chattahoochee National Recreation Area operates several units. The Cochran Shoals Unit at Interstate North lies just off of the top end of I-285 (Atlanta’s beltway affectionately called the Perimeter). Although close to a major interstate, the area allows visitors to feel miles away from civilization.
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I finally did it! I attended a Renaissance Festival this summer with Thing 1 – and I had much more fun than I expected.
The Middle Ages aren’t my favorite historical period. And frankly, walking around all day and eating turkey legs never appealed to me.
However, I soon changed my tune when I saw all the work and detail at the Georgia Renaissance Festival. I can’t compare it to festivals in other states, but this one occurs every weekend from mid-April through early June.
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Just 45 miles northwest of Atlanta, the Savoy Auto Museum in Cartersville gives visitors an appreciation of auto history through the years. Opened in late 2021, Savoy joins sister museums, the Tellus Science Museum, Booth Western Art Museum, and Bartow History Museum, in the area perfect for a quick day trip.
Named after the abandoned 1954 Plymouth Savoy found on the property during construction, the museum boasts over 100 autos and multiple rotating exhibits. Visitors can see the old Savoy outside the sleek 65,000-square-foot white building splashed with pops of red.
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Tate is a tiny community of less than 2,000 people in northwest Georgia. However, it boasts the title of Marble Capital of the US.
What do the Lincoln Memorial, New York Stock Exchange, Corcoran Gallery of Art, and the capitols of Kentucky, Arkansas, and Minnesota have in common? The buildings consist of Georgia marble mined by the Georgia Marble Company, founded by Sam Tate in 1884.
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