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• Atlanta's Westin Peachtree Plaza is the tallest hotel in the western hemisphere.
• At 723 feet, the Westin Peachtree Plaza is the fifth tallest building in Atlanta, surpassed in height by the Bank of America building (1023 feet), Sun Trust Plaza (871 feet), One Atlantic Center 820 feet), and 121 Peachtree Tower (770 feet).
• According to experts, you would have to stack 2,892 peaches to reach from the ground level of The Westin Peachtree Plaza to the tip of The Sun Dial Restaurant, Bar & View.
• The Westin Peachtree Plaza was the site of the 1981 movie, Sharkey's Machine, starring Burt Reynolds.

• Atlanta is host to over 16.5 million visitors each year.
• Atlanta is the fifth city to be the capital of the state of Georgia.
• The Varsity Restaurant in Atlanta has earned the distinction of serving the highest volume of Coca-Cola anywhere. It dispenses nearly 3 million servings of Coca-Cola annually.
• The Atlanta Airport made great strides in 1942 when it set a record of 1700 takeoffs and landings in one day and was named "the nation's busiest airport in terms of flight operations." Candler Field's name was changed in 1946 to Atlanta Municipal Airport.
• With a passenger terminal complex equivalent in size to more than 45 football fields, Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport bears the proud distinction of being "the world's busiest passenger airport."
• The Capitol Dome is layered in 43 ounces of pure gold that was mined in Dahlonega, Georgia - the site of America's first Gold Rush.
• There are approximately 55 streets with the name "Peachtree" in Georgia.
• Atlanta has 130 retail centers, 71 public golf courses, 54 public parks.
• Atlanta has more shopping center space per capita than any other city except Chicago.
• Atlanta is home to the Peachtree Road Race, the largest 10K race in the world with approximately 45,000 runners annually.
• Atlanta was briefly named Marthasville.
• Atlanta is the only city in North America destroyed by a fire as an act of war. Today, the city's symbol is the Phoenix, a legendary bird of Egyptian mythology that rose from its own ashes with renewed strength and beauty.
• Home of Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site, the largest museum in the world solely dedicated to the famous civil rights leader.