Take a guided tour of Atlanta's "Castle on Peachtree" and get a glimpse inside one of the most opulent of the large mansions that once overlooked Atlanta’s famous thoroughfare.

Take a guided tour of Atlanta's "Castle on Peachtree" and get a glimpse inside one of the most opulent of the large mansions that once overlooked Atlanta’s famous thoroughfare.

Take a guided tour of Atlanta's "Castle on Peachtree" and get a glimpse inside one of the most opulent of the large mansions that once overlooked Atlanta’s famous thoroughfare.

Take a guided tour of Atlanta's "Castle on Peachtree" and get a glimpse inside one of the most opulent of the large mansions that once overlooked Atlanta’s famous thoroughfare.

Take a guided tour of Atlanta's "Castle on Peachtree" and get a glimpse inside one of the most opulent of the large mansions that once overlooked Atlanta’s famous thoroughfare.

Michael L. Thurmond was the chief executive officer of DeKalb County, Georgia, from 2017 to 2024. He was a finalist for the Georgia Author of the Year Award in 2025 for his book "James Oglethorpe, Father of Georgia." His other books are "Freedom: Georgia’s Antislavery Heritage, 1733–1865," and "A Story Untold: Black Men and Women […]

W. Wright Mitchell is the author of “Georgia’s First Elected Governor: John Adam Treutlen and the American Revolution." He is the President and CEO of the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation and a leading voice in the effort to preserve and interpret Georgia’s historic places. An Atlanta native, he has spent more than two decades […]