Atlanta Sightseeing: Landmarks and Parks

November 5, 2026

Atlanta’s sights are spread across the city, but the main landmarks sit in a few clusters that connect by MARTA rail. Downtown holds Centennial Olympic Park and the State Capitol, Midtown holds the Fox Theatre and High Museum, and Buckhead holds the Atlanta History Center. Prices are in US dollars, and several places listed here are memorials, so a quiet manner suits them.

Centennial Olympic Park

The park was built for the 1996 Summer Olympic Games and sits beside the aquarium and World of Coca-Cola. Its Fountain of Rings is an interactive fountain with water shows set to music, and commemorative bricks line the paths. In June and July 2026 the park was the site of the FIFA Fan Festival during the World Cup matches Atlanta hosted at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Entry to the park is free.

The Center, the former CNN Center

The complex beside the park was redeveloped as The Center, also styled The CTR. Its atrium reopened in May 2026 with a food hall called CTR Food Works, and the plan adds a hotel, apartments and offices. Studio tours are not offered, but the atrium is a convenient stop for lunch between downtown sights.

Fox Theatre

The Fox opened in 1929 as a Moorish-style movie palace on Peachtree Street. Its organ, known as Mighty Mo, is a 1929 Moller. The public Architecture & History Tour lasts about 60 minutes and needs a ticket for every visitor, including children. More is on the theater’s tour page .

High Museum of Art

The museum in Midtown is housed in buildings designed by Richard Meier and Renzo Piano. It is open Tuesday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from noon, and it is closed on Mondays. Last tickets are sold an hour before closing. The museum’s visit page lists current exhibitions and prices.

Historic Oakland Cemetery

Founded in 1850 as Atlanta Cemetery, Oakland is free to enter from dawn to dusk. Margaret Mitchell, Bobby Jones, Maynard Jackson and Ivan Allen are buried there. The grounds include an African American burial ground, and guided tours are offered daily at 10:30 a.m. Walk the paths with the care that suits a working cemetery.

Atlanta History Center

The Buckhead campus covers 33 acres and is open Tuesday to Sunday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. It holds the Swan House and a rare nineteenth-century cyclorama painting, and the center also runs the Margaret Mitchell House. Admission is on the center’s visit page .

Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park

The free park in Sweet Auburn includes Dr. King’s Birth Home, which reopened in July 2026, Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church and the King Center, where Dr. King and Coretta Scott King are entombed beside a reflecting pool. Ebenezer is an active congregation, and rangers give daily talks in the historic sanctuary. The park is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily except January 1, Thanksgiving and December 25. The park’s Birth Home page lists tour rules. The National Center for Civil and Human Rights, downtown, tells the story of the movement through galleries that include a lunch counter sit-in simulation, and it is closed on Mondays.

Georgia State Capitol

The capitol’s dome is covered in gold leaf, which makes it easy to spot among the downtown buildings.

Getting around

MARTA rail costs $2.50 a trip, and the Atlanta Streetcar costs $1 and links downtown with Sweet Auburn. The streetcar does not reach Midtown. See MARTA’s fares . For a guided overview, search Atlanta sightseeing tours on GetYourGuide .