It's not the heat, it's the stupidcity.
I was in Atlanta about 15 years ago. I went to the Georgia Dome, Coca-Cola museum, climbed Stone Mountain and took the tour of CNN. Here's a travel tip: Unless you're going to Atlanta for a wedding, funeral or big-time sporting event, once you've done all the things I listed, there isn't any reason to go back. Stone Mountain is literally a giant stone mountain (hence the name) with a carving on the side. When I say that a mountain made of stone is the biggest tourist attraction, it doesn't say much for the rest of the tourist attractions. I flew over it on my way in, and had to rub-down the goose pimples. Or maybe it was the first signs of heat rash? The Coke museum is just a little more kitsch than you'd see at a typical TGI Friday's. The CNN tour is notable only if you get there when a big story is breaking and the Georgia Dome is an indoor sports arena. That's right. Oh - the other reason to go to Atlanta: Your employer sends you to a bus...