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The annual First Voices Festival is coming back to Atlanta this November to celebrate Indigenous cultures with a free 2-day PowWow, storytelling, music, traditional food, & more

November is Native American heritage month, and there are so many ways to celebrate the beautiful cultures in of the Ingenious people here!
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In October 1884, the 600-acre Westview Cemetery opened in Atlanta; 142 years later it remains the largest cemetery in the Southeast

The Westview Cemetery, housed on Atlanta’s westside, is the largest cemetery in the Southeast. It opened in October of 1884 on a massive plot of land, and continues operating today, 142 years later, ...
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37 years ago, this tiny Georgia town just 45 minutes from Atlanta was bought by a famous actress for $20 million: The real-life story that inspired ‘Schitt’s Creek’

Today, Atlanta is known by locals and visitors alike as the ‘Hollywood of the South’, or even, affectionately, Y’allywood. But there was a time before Georgia’s film tax credit and all the major film ...
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In 1925, the ATL airport was an abandoned racetrack; 101 years later, Hartsfield-Jackson is the busiest airport in the world — And this year, they’ve buried a time capsule ...

When people ask about Atlanta landmarks, several institutions instantly come to mind: from Martin Luther King Jr.’s childhood home, to the Hight Museum of Art to the only aquarium in North America ...