For more than 15 years, this downtown dive bar has hosted fiery outdoor “iron pours.”

A semi-retired nurse’s record-setting collection of 3,000 tiny chairs.

It’s all about the Benjamins at this Atlanta museum with interactive exhibits.

On land once deemed “valueless,” a multipurpose community garden proves the potential of urban farming.

Georgia’s last drive-in movie theater is a relic of a bygone era.

The home of a 19th-century author who brought African-American folktales to the mainstream is now Atlanta’s oldest house museum.

The first integrated firehouse in Atlanta houses a museum on the history of desegregation in the city's fire department.

The largest Jewish museum in the southeastern U.S. houses a permanent Holocaust exhibit emphasizing the strength of its survivors.

Proceeds from this colorful teahouse in a historic Atlanta neighborhood directly fund women’s education in northeast India.

This pair of centuries-old magnolia trees was once struck by a Babe Ruth home run.

For the last eight decades, this curious shop has been ridding Atlanta of bad juju.

After being inoperative for over half a century, this elaborate fountain in Atlanta's oldest park was restored to its former glory.

No passport is required to eat around the world at this elegant restaurant.

A museum within a former train depot tells the true story of a distinctly French-Louisiana musical genre.

An ancient cave system in Tennessee’s Appalachian foothills converted to a 1,200-person music venue.

The centerpiece of the Delta Blues Museum is a wooden sharecropper’s cabin that once housed a titan of blues music.

“The Cajun Music Capital of the World” has kept things French in a Louisiana prairie town for over 75 years.

A fictional Coupe DeVille built by hand and gifted to the Man in Black himself.

A 1980s tour bus that traveled millions of miles to facilitate a superlatively rigorous performing career.

This 19th-century benevolent society and jazz hall was rescued from abandonment to again host live music.

A cheeky alleyway window hosts tiny rotating exhibits with outsized charm.

The oldest active juke joint in the state sustains a niche school of blues guitar.

A roadside music shop featuring a confounding series of folk art installations.

One of the last Depression-era bandshells still standing was the site of Elvis Presley’s first live concert.