15 Best Things to Do in LaGrange (GA)
The city of LaGrange is located in Troup County, southwest of Atlanta, and just a short distance from the state border with Alabama. The city is named after a country …
Ian Packham
Ian is an award winning travel writer and blogger. His travels took him all around the world but his passion lies in Africa. His blog Encircle Africa tells how he traveled the continent Solo and by public transport. With over 30 countries visited he can truly be considered an expert on all things travel and meeting other cultures.
His writing can be found on websites and magazines including Adventure Travel, Southeast Asia Backpacker, Sidetracked, Environment Journal, The Crazy Tourist and The Island Review. He is a member of the British Guild of Travel Writers and Travel Writers UK.
15 Best Things to Do in Kennesaw (GA)
Located in Georgia’s Cobb County, the city of Kennesaw forms a part of the greater Atlanta region. First settled by European-Americans in the 1830s, Kennesaw was known as Big Shanty …
15 Best Things to Do in Lawrenceville (GA)
A suburb of Atlanta, Lawrenceville is located in Gwinnett County, roughly 20 miles northeast of the Georgia state capital’s downtown district. The second-oldest city in the metropolitan Atlanta area, Lawrenceville …
15 Best Things to Do in Milton (GA)
Milton is a city in Georgia’s Fulton Country. It was created in 2006, and forms part of Atlanta’s extensive northern suburbs. Milton has a semi-rural location, putting it close to …
15 Best Things to Do in Gainesville (GA)
Gainesville lies in northern Georgia’s Hall County, roughly 55 miles northeast of Atlanta. The ‘poultry capital of the world’ was founded by European-American settlers in the early 1800s as a …
15 Best Things to Do in Alpharetta (GA)
The city of Alpharetta is a northern suburb of Atlanta, in Georgia’s Fulton County. Its name hints at the fact it was one of the first permanent US settlements in …
15 Best Things to Do in Johns Creek (GA)
Situated in northern Georgia’s Fulton County, John’s Creek is a suburb of Atlanta. It lies to the northeast of the state capital, roughly 25 miles away. Ranked as one of …
15 Best Things to Do in Brookhaven (GA)
The Georgia city of Brookhaven is a suburb of Atlanta, a little northeast of the state capital. Although it was incorporated as a city no earlier than 2012, European settlement …
15 Best Things to Do in Smyrna (GA)
Smyrna lies just a mile northwest of Atlanta’s city limits and 15 mile from downtown Atlanta. Even so, the city is proud of its welcoming ‘small town’ atmosphere. This area …
15 Best Things to Do in Albany (GA)
Welcoming Albany is located in southwest Georgia, 187 miles south of the state capital of Atlanta. Part of the American ‘Black Belt’ of richly fertile soils, it is surrounded by …