{"id":10403,"date":"2026-02-07T22:59:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T14:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/?p=10403"},"modified":"2026-05-03T01:45:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T17:45:37","slug":"20260207atlanta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/07\/20260207atlanta\/","title":{"rendered":"Day Trip to Atlanta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A post about a day trip that I took to Atlanta early February, the flights back and forth and some of the museums that I visited.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/20260207_154517.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails\/20260207_154517.jpg\" alt=\"Battle of Atlanta Cyclorama\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Battle of Atlanta Cyclorama<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/splide.min.2.4.21.js\"><\/script>\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/splide-skyblue.min.css\">\n<script>\ndocument.addEventListener( 'DOMContentLoaded', function () {\n\tvar secondarySlider1 = new Splide( '#splide-thumb-1', {\n\t\tfixedWidth:100,height:72,gap:10,\n\t\tfocus:'center',keyboard:'focused',\n\t\tcover:true,isNavigation:true,\n\t\tbreakpoints :{'600':{fixedWidth:56,height:40,pagination:false,arrows:false,gap:5,}},\n\t} ).mount();\n\tvar primarySlider1 = new Splide( '#splide-major-1', {\n\t\ttype:'fade',pagination:false,arrows:false,\n\t} );\n\tprimarySlider1.sync( secondarySlider1 ).mount();\n\tvar secondarySlider2 = new Splide( '#splide-thumb-2', {\n\t\tfixedWidth:100,height:67,gap:10,\n\t\tfocus:'center',keyboard:'focused',\n\t\tcover:true,isNavigation:true,\n\t\tbreakpoints :{'600':{fixedWidth:57,height:38,pagination:false,arrows:false,gap:5,}},\n\t} ).mount();\n\tvar primarySlider2 = new Splide( '#splide-major-2', {\n\t\ttype:'fade',pagination:false,arrows:false,\n\t} );\n\tprimarySlider2.sync( secondarySlider2 ).mount();\n\tvar secondarySlider3 = new Splide( '#splide-thumb-3', {\n\t\tfixedWidth:100,height:75,gap:10,\n\t\tfocus:'center',keyboard:'focused',\n\t\tcover:true,isNavigation:true,\n\t\tbreakpoints :{'600':{fixedWidth:56,height:42,pagination:false,arrows:false,gap:5,}},\n\t} ).mount();\n\tvar primarySlider3 = new Splide( '#splide-major-3', {\n\t\ttype:'fade',pagination:false,arrows:false,\n\t} );\n\tprimarySlider3.sync( secondarySlider3 ).mount();\n\tvar secondarySlider4 = new Splide( '#splide-thumb-4', {\n\t\tfixedWidth:100,height:80,gap:10,\n\t\tfocus:'center',keyboard:'focused',\n\t\tcover:true,isNavigation:true,\n\t\tbreakpoints :{'600':{fixedWidth:55,height:44,pagination:false,arrows:false,gap:5,}},\n\t} ).mount();\n\tvar primarySlider4 = new Splide( '#splide-major-4', {\n\t\ttype:'fade',pagination:false,arrows:false,\n\t} );\n\tprimarySlider4.sync( secondarySlider4 ).mount();\n\tvar secondarySlider5 = new Splide( '#splide-thumb-5', {\n\t\tfixedWidth:100,height:67,gap:10,\n\t\tfocus:'center',keyboard:'focused',\n\t\tcover:true,isNavigation:true,\n\t\tbreakpoints :{'600':{fixedWidth:57,height:38,pagination:false,arrows:false,gap:5,}},\n\t} ).mount();\n\tvar primarySlider5 = new Splide( '#splide-major-5', {\n\t\ttype:'fade',pagination:false,arrows:false,\n\t} );\n\tprimarySlider5.sync( secondarySlider5 ).mount();\n\tvar secondarySlider6 = new Splide( '#splide-thumb-6', {\n\t\tfixedWidth:100,height:75,gap:10,\n\t\tfocus:'center',keyboard:'focused',\n\t\tcover:true,isNavigation:true,\n\t\tbreakpoints :{'600':{fixedWidth:56,height:42,pagination:false,arrows:false,gap:5,}},\n\t} ).mount();\n\tvar primarySlider6 = new Splide( '#splide-major-6', {\n\t\ttype:'fade',pagination:false,arrows:false,\n\t} );\n\tprimarySlider6.sync( secondarySlider6 ).mount();\n} );\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Back in May 2021, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/01\/20210501miami\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I made a day trip from Maryland to Miami<\/a> on a roundtrip ticket that came to a grand total of $49.32. Ever since, &#8220;one Miami&#8221; \u2014 shorthand for fifty dollars \u2014 took on a life of its own as an informal unit of currency among some of my friends, providing a comical backdrop for many of our conversations.<br \/>\nFast forward to early December 2025, when Frontier Airlines ran a promotion offering 100% off base fares for certain routes and dates (fuel and other carrier-imposed surcharges still applied). Browsing through the eligible options, I came across a set of roundtrip tickets on Saturday, February 7th, from Boston to Atlanta, at $37.80 all in. Here was my chance to retire the old benchmark and usher in the era of &#8220;one Atlanta.&#8221; For the bragging rights alone, I simply could not let this pass. (Coincidentally, both BWI-MIA and BOS-ATL are 946 miles.)<\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"Frontier_Airlines_Flight_3085_from_Boston_to_Atlanta\">Frontier Airlines Flight 3085 from Boston to Atlanta<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>It was an early morning flight, which meant setting the alarm and dragging myself out of bed well before dawn. I was evidently not fully awake while packing my mostly-empty backpack, as I left my earphones behind, in line with my tradition of forgetting things.<\/p>\n<p>This was my first time departing from Boston&#8217;s Terminal E in a couple of years. Despite the early hour, there was still a modest queue at security, which took me 14 minutes to clear \u2014 on the longer end of my experiences in Boston.<\/p>\n<p>When it&#8217;s boarding time, the gate agent took the thoughtful step of holding the boarding process for the jet bridge to clear, a small courtesy that not a lot of gate agents would do.<\/p>\n<p>Some snow had fallen over Boston overnight, so we required deicing before taking off. Interestingly, I recalled two rounds of deicing, each with differently colored fluid, speaking to the generous snowfall overnight.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-1\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/IMG_20260207_061331.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails\/IMG_20260207_061331.jpg\" width=\"96.4%\" alt=\"Deicing Operation\" \/><\/a><\/br>Deicing Operation<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/20260207_064417.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails\/20260207_064417.jpg\" width=\"96.4%\" alt=\"Taxiing in Boston\" \/><\/a><\/br>Taxiing in Boston<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/IMG_20260207_070144.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails\/IMG_20260207_070144.jpg\" width=\"96.4%\" alt=\"Clouds Reflecting Rising Sun\" \/><\/a><\/br>Clouds Reflecting Rising Sun<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/20260207_081559C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails\/20260207_081559C.jpg\" alt=\"Southern Allegheny Mountains\" \/><\/a><\/br>Southern Allegheny Mountains<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Boundary of Virginia and West Virginia.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-1\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails-s\/IMG_20260207_061331.jpg\" alt=\"Deicing Operation\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20260207_064417.jpg\" alt=\"Taxiing in Boston\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails-s\/IMG_20260207_070144.jpg\" alt=\"Clouds Reflecting Rising Sun\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20260207_081559C.jpg\" alt=\"Southern Allegheny Mountains\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-1, #splide-thumb-1 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/IMG_20260207_061331.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails\/IMG_20260207_061331.jpg\" alt=\"Deicing Operation\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Deicing Operation<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/20260207_064417.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails\/20260207_064417.jpg\" alt=\"Taxiing in Boston\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Taxiing in Boston<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/IMG_20260207_070144.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails\/IMG_20260207_070144.jpg\" alt=\"Clouds Reflecting Rising Sun\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Clouds Reflecting Rising Sun<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/20260207_081559C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails\/20260207_081559C.jpg\" alt=\"Southern Allegheny Mountains\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Southern Allegheny Mountains<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Boundary of Virginia and West Virginia.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Frontier Airlines 3085<br \/>\nBoston, MA (BOS) &#8211; Atlanta, GA (ATL)<br \/>\nAirbus A321neo (N621FR)<br \/>\nSeat 17F<br \/>\nScheduled Departure &#8211; 6:00am<br \/>\nActual Departure    &#8211; 6:52am<br \/>\nScheduled Arrival   &#8211; 9:19am<br \/>\nActual Arrival      &#8211; 9:01am<br \/>\n2 hours and 9 minutes<br \/>\nHere&#8217;s GPS tracking:<\/p>\n<div style=\"width:100%;aspect-ratio:3\/2;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikiloc.com\/wikiloc\/spatialArtifacts.do?event=view&#038;id=262260632&#038;measures=off&#038;title=off&#038;near=off&#038;images=off&#038;maptype=H\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>And here&#8217;s a video of the takeoff:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WGVSVIzBPy0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>While boarding was mostly on-time, the deicing rounds meant our takeoff was delayed by 52 minutes. The clouds thinned quickly as we left New England behind. There had been considerable snowfall across the Eastern Seaboard in recent weeks, treating me to an exhibit of snow-decorated landscape extending all the way to southern Virginia. <\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-2\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/20260207_084908.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails\/20260207_084908.jpg\" alt=\"Lake Lanier\" \/><\/a><\/br>Lake Lanier<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/20260207_085251.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails\/20260207_085251.jpg\" width=\"93.1%\" alt=\"Distant Atlanta\" \/><\/a><\/br>Distant Atlanta<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Downtown skyscrapers in the left, the ones in Buckhead in the right.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/20260207_085301.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails\/20260207_085301.jpg\" alt=\"Stone Mountain\" \/><\/a><\/br>Stone Mountain<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/20260207_085915.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails\/20260207_085915.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Downtown Atlanta Skyline\" \/><\/a><\/br>Distant Downtown Atlanta Skyline<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-2\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20260207_084908.jpg\" alt=\"Lake Lanier\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20260207_085251.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Atlanta\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20260207_085301.jpg\" alt=\"Stone Mountain\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20260207_085915.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Downtown Atlanta Skyline\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-2, #splide-thumb-2 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/20260207_084908.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails\/20260207_084908.jpg\" alt=\"Lake Lanier\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Lake Lanier<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/20260207_085251.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails\/20260207_085251.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Atlanta\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Distant Atlanta<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Downtown skyscrapers in the left, the ones in Buckhead in the right.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/20260207_085301.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails\/20260207_085301.jpg\" alt=\"Stone Mountain\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Stone Mountain<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/20260207_085915.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails\/20260207_085915.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Downtown Atlanta Skyline\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Distant Downtown Atlanta Skyline<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>And here&#8217;s a video of the landing, with a northerly crosswind demanding constant corrections:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iBUbKVIryqY\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Once we landed in Atlanta, there was, rather oddly, a prolonged hold before the jet bridge, despite by that time we were neither early nor late. No announcement was made, leaving me entirely in the dark as to the cause. My best guess was that we were waiting for a jet bridge operator, which, in hindsight, seemed a telling preview of Frontier&#8217;s operational shortcomings that I would come to experience in far more frustrating fashion later that day.<\/p>\n<p>As for my day in Atlanta, the city&#8217;s top tourist attractions were Georgia Aquarium and World of Coca-Cola. Having little interest in caged animals or sugary indulgences, I gave both a pass and opted instead to spend the day exploring a few of the city&#8217;s museums.<\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"High_Museum_of_Art\">High Museum of Art<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>This was Atlanta\u2019s flagship art institution and the largest visual arts museum in the southeastern United States. That said, I must admit it felt somewhat underwhelming, particularly in light of my expectations and in comparison with several other major museums I have visited in smaller cities, such as St. Louis and Denver. To be fair, a significant portion of the museum was closed for renovation during my visit, including an entire floor devoted to American art, which may well have shaped my overall impression.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-3\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/20260207_113009C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails\/20260207_113009C.jpg\" alt=\"The Cliffs of Pourville, Rough Sea, 1897\" \/><\/a><\/br>The Cliffs of Pourville, Rough Sea, 1897<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Claude Monet<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/IMG_20260207_114011C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails\/IMG_20260207_114011C.jpg\" width=\"83%\" alt=\"Autumn on the Seine, Argenteuil, 1873\" \/><\/a><\/br>Autumn on the Seine, Argenteuil, 1873<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Claude Monet. Claude Monet painted this view of the Seine near the town of Argenteuil, northwest of Paris, shortly after his arrival there in 1871\u2014likely from the small boat he had converted into a floating studio. He included the Chateau Michelet and other recognizable architectural landmarks. The small, delicate brushstrokes identify this work as belonging to the \u201chigh\u201d phase of Impressionism. The brilliant colors of Monet\u2019s landscape are mirrored in the water below, resulting in a remarkable symmetry that makes it difficult to distinguish between the reflections and their sources.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/IMG_20260207_114526C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails\/IMG_20260207_114526C.jpg\" width=\"55%\" alt=\"Bradamante at Merlin\u2019s Tomb, ca. 1820\" \/><\/a><\/br>Bradamante at Merlin\u2019s Tomb, ca. 1820<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Alexandre-Evariste Fragonard. This mysterious, eerie scene might be taken from Ludovico Ariosto\u2019s epic poem of the 1500s, Orlando Furioso. The episode this painting might depict occurs in Canto III, verses 20-77, when the heroine Bradamante comes to the magician Merlin\u2019s tomb and a vision of her descendants is conjured by the sorceress Melissa. Fragonard\u2019s sketchy application of paint and the work\u2019s supernatural light create a strong theatrical effect.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/IMG_20260207_130218.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails\/IMG_20260207_130218.jpg\" width=\"85.5%\" alt=\"Antwerp, Boats on the Scheldt, 1871\" \/><\/a><\/br>Antwerp, Boats on the Scheldt, 1871<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Eug\u00e9ne Louis Boudin. Eug\u00e9ne Boudin was a marine and landscape painter, best known for his depictions of the fashionable beaches and bustling shipping ports along the North Sea coast. His compositions are often dominated by the interplay of sky and water, which he learned to observe as a child working on a ship with his father. In 1871, Boudin painted several views of the port of Antwerp, Belgium. Here he recorded the commercial and leisure activity on the water, with the silhouette of Antwerp Cathedral behind, capturing the rapidly moving gray clouds that still bring almost daily squalls to the city.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-3\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20260207_113009C.jpg\" alt=\"The Cliffs of Pourville, Rough Sea, 1897\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails-s\/IMG_20260207_114011C.jpg\" alt=\"Autumn on the Seine, Argenteuil, 1873\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails-s\/IMG_20260207_114526C.jpg\" alt=\"Bradamante at Merlin\u2019s Tomb, ca. 1820\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails-s\/IMG_20260207_130218.jpg\" alt=\"Antwerp, Boats on the Scheldt, 1871\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-3, #splide-thumb-3 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of some exhibits from High Museum of Art in Atlanta.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/20260207_113009C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails\/20260207_113009C.jpg\" alt=\"The Cliffs of Pourville, Rough Sea, 1897\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>The Cliffs of Pourville, Rough Sea, 1897<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Claude Monet<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/IMG_20260207_114011C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails\/IMG_20260207_114011C.jpg\" alt=\"Autumn on the Seine, Argenteuil, 1873\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Autumn on the Seine, Argenteuil, 1873<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Claude Monet. Claude Monet painted this view of the Seine near the town of Argenteuil, northwest of Paris, shortly after his arrival there in 1871\u2014likely from the small boat he had converted into a floating studio. He included the Chateau Michelet and other recognizable architectural landmarks. The small, delicate brushstrokes identify this work as belonging to the \u201chigh\u201d phase of Impressionism. The brilliant colors of Monet\u2019s landscape are mirrored in the water below, resulting in a remarkable symmetry that makes it difficult to distinguish between the reflections and their sources.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/IMG_20260207_114526C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails\/IMG_20260207_114526C.jpg\" alt=\"Bradamante at Merlin\u2019s Tomb, ca. 1820\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Bradamante at Merlin\u2019s Tomb, ca. 1820<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Alexandre-Evariste Fragonard. This mysterious, eerie scene might be taken from Ludovico Ariosto\u2019s epic poem of the 1500s, Orlando Furioso. The episode this painting might depict occurs in Canto III, verses 20-77, when the heroine Bradamante comes to the magician Merlin\u2019s tomb and a vision of her descendants is conjured by the sorceress Melissa. Fragonard\u2019s sketchy application of paint and the work\u2019s supernatural light create a strong theatrical effect.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/IMG_20260207_130218.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails\/IMG_20260207_130218.jpg\" alt=\"Antwerp, Boats on the Scheldt, 1871\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Antwerp, Boats on the Scheldt, 1871<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Eug\u00e9ne Louis Boudin. Eug\u00e9ne Boudin was a marine and landscape painter, best known for his depictions of the fashionable beaches and bustling shipping ports along the North Sea coast. His compositions are often dominated by the interplay of sky and water, which he learned to observe as a child working on a ship with his father. In 1871, Boudin painted several views of the port of Antwerp, Belgium. Here he recorded the commercial and leisure activity on the water, with the silhouette of Antwerp Cathedral behind, capturing the rapidly moving gray clouds that still bring almost daily squalls to the city.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Originally, I had hoped to spend an entire day at the High Museum of Art. But given its somewhat underwhelming exhibits, I left at noon and headed for the Atlanta History Center. <span style=\"font-size: small;\">(The other option I had in mind was Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park, but with heavy traffic heading downtown, I decided to pass on it.)<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"Atlanta_History_Center\">Atlanta History Center<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>I found this to be a far more rewarding experience than the High Museum of Art, offering richer opportunities for learning \u2014 how Atlanta was founded around a railway intended to connect the Port of Savannah to the Tennessee River, how the Creek tribe once roamed these rolling foothills of the Appalachians, and much more. The museum closed at 4pm, and I left with several areas still unexplored, among them the Swan House.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-4\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/IMG_20260207_144459.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails\/IMG_20260207_144459.jpg\" width=\"95%\" alt=\"Soapstone Bowl\" \/><\/a><\/br>Soapstone Bowl<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Found near Soapstone Ridge and hence its name, relics of native American cultures.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/IMG_20260207_144343.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails\/IMG_20260207_144343.jpg\" width=\"95%\" alt=\"Western &#038; Atlantic Railroad Track\" \/><\/a><\/br>Western &#038; Atlantic Railroad Track<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Recovered at nowadays Kennesaw.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/IMG_20260207_144330C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails\/IMG_20260207_144330C.jpg\" width=\"55%\" alt=\"Land Lottery Deed\" \/><\/a><\/br>Land Lottery Deed<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Lot 37, District 18.Sarah Turner, widow, recipient, 1832.Between 1805 and 1833, state lotteries redistributed property formerly inhabited by Creek and Cherokee people. The recipients were usually white men over 18, widows, and orphans. The 1832 lottery allocated land of the Cherokee Nation. The Cherokee people were removed on a forced migration to Oklahoma territory, commonly known as the Trail of Tears. 1838-1839.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/IMG_20260207_150941.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails\/IMG_20260207_150941.jpg\" width=\"48%\" alt=\"Newspaper about Atlanta Race Massacre\" \/><\/a><\/br>Newspaper about Atlanta Race Massacre<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">In 1906, Atlanta was hailed as the booming capital of the New South. Boosters praised the city as a refuge for job-seeking migrants from depressed rural areas and a place where blacks ang whites lived and worked in relative peace. Only 40 years after emancipation, however growing African American wealth and political power frightened many whites. Politicians and newspapermen argued that blacks were innately inferior, criminally inclined, and unfit to vote. They lobbied for total black separation to maintain white supremacy. Headlines announced that the city was under siege by \u201cblack fiends\u201d bent on launching a crime wave. On September 20, the Atlanta Evening News prodded, \u201cIt is time to act, men.\u201d.Two days later, in the wake of inflammatory articles alleging assault by black men against White women, a mob of thousands stormed the streets. The assailants randomly destroyed black-owned businesses and beat, stabbed or hanged more than 100 African Americans. Four days later the state militia finally restored order.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/IMG_20260207_152312.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails\/IMG_20260207_152312.jpg\" width=\"63%\" alt=\"Original Zero Milepost of Western &#038; Atlantic Railroad\" \/><\/a><\/br>Original Zero Milepost of Western &#038; Atlantic Railroad<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Indicating the start of the rail line. This post also acted as the geographic center of Atlanta. The city\u2019s first boundary was a circle measured exactly one mile from the milepost.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/IMG_20260207_154501.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails\/IMG_20260207_154501.jpg\" alt=\"Battle of Atlanta Cyclorama\" \/><\/a><\/br>Battle of Atlanta Cyclorama<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/IMG_20260207_154804.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails\/IMG_20260207_154804.jpg\" alt=\"Battle of Atlanta Cyclorama\" \/><\/a><\/br>Battle of Atlanta Cyclorama<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/IMG_20260207_154931.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails\/IMG_20260207_154931.jpg\" alt=\"Battle of Atlanta Cyclorama\" \/><\/a><\/br>Battle of Atlanta Cyclorama<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-4\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails-s\/IMG_20260207_144459.jpg\" alt=\"Soapstone Bowl\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails-s\/IMG_20260207_144343.jpg\" alt=\"Western &#038; Atlantic Railroad Track\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails-s\/IMG_20260207_144330C.jpg\" alt=\"Land Lottery Deed\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails-s\/IMG_20260207_150941.jpg\" alt=\"Newspaper about Atlanta Race Massacre\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails-s\/IMG_20260207_152312.jpg\" alt=\"Original Zero Milepost of Western &#038; Atlantic Railroad\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails-s\/IMG_20260207_154501.jpg\" alt=\"Battle of Atlanta Cyclorama\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails-s\/IMG_20260207_154804.jpg\" alt=\"Battle of Atlanta Cyclorama\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails-s\/IMG_20260207_154931.jpg\" alt=\"Battle of Atlanta Cyclorama\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-4, #splide-thumb-4 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of some exhibits from Atlanta History Center.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/IMG_20260207_144459.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails\/IMG_20260207_144459.jpg\" alt=\"Soapstone Bowl\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Soapstone Bowl<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Found near Soapstone Ridge and hence its name, relics of native American cultures.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/IMG_20260207_144343.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails\/IMG_20260207_144343.jpg\" alt=\"Western &#038; Atlantic Railroad Track\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Western &#038; Atlantic Railroad Track<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Recovered at nowadays Kennesaw.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/IMG_20260207_144330C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails\/IMG_20260207_144330C.jpg\" alt=\"Land Lottery Deed\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Land Lottery Deed<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Lot 37, District 18.Sarah Turner, widow, recipient, 1832.Between 1805 and 1833, state lotteries redistributed property formerly inhabited by Creek and Cherokee people. The recipients were usually white men over 18, widows, and orphans. The 1832 lottery allocated land of the Cherokee Nation. The Cherokee people were removed on a forced migration to Oklahoma territory, commonly known as the Trail of Tears. 1838-1839.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/IMG_20260207_150941.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails\/IMG_20260207_150941.jpg\" alt=\"Newspaper about Atlanta Race Massacre\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Newspaper about Atlanta Race Massacre<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">In 1906, Atlanta was hailed as the booming capital of the New South. Boosters praised the city as a refuge for job-seeking migrants from depressed rural areas and a place where blacks ang whites lived and worked in relative peace. Only 40 years after emancipation, however growing African American wealth and political power frightened many whites. Politicians and newspapermen argued that blacks were innately inferior, criminally inclined, and unfit to vote. They lobbied for total black separation to maintain white supremacy. Headlines announced that the city was under siege by \u201cblack fiends\u201d bent on launching a crime wave. On September 20, the Atlanta Evening News prodded, \u201cIt is time to act, men.\u201d.Two days later, in the wake of inflammatory articles alleging assault by black men against White women, a mob of thousands stormed the streets. The assailants randomly destroyed black-owned businesses and beat, stabbed or hanged more than 100 African Americans. Four days later the state militia finally restored order.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/IMG_20260207_152312.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails\/IMG_20260207_152312.jpg\" alt=\"Original Zero Milepost of Western &#038; Atlantic Railroad\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Original Zero Milepost of Western &#038; Atlantic Railroad<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Indicating the start of the rail line. This post also acted as the geographic center of Atlanta. The city\u2019s first boundary was a circle measured exactly one mile from the milepost.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/IMG_20260207_154501.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails\/IMG_20260207_154501.jpg\" alt=\"Battle of Atlanta Cyclorama\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Battle of Atlanta Cyclorama<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/IMG_20260207_154804.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails\/IMG_20260207_154804.jpg\" alt=\"Battle of Atlanta Cyclorama\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Battle of Atlanta Cyclorama<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/IMG_20260207_154931.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails\/IMG_20260207_154931.jpg\" alt=\"Battle of Atlanta Cyclorama\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Battle of Atlanta Cyclorama<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"Downtown_Atlanta\">Downtown Atlanta<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>After the Atlanta History Center closed at 4pm, I decided to give the more touristy part of downtown Atlanta, Centennial Olympic Park, a brief visit. (The aforementioned Georgia Aquarium and World of Coca-Cola, both of which I passed, was also in the area.) The park was lined with donation bricks that had helped fund the 1996 Games. As the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics happened to be underway during my visit, there was certainly an Olympic spirit in the air.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-5\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/IMG_20260207_171345.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails\/IMG_20260207_171345.jpg\" width=\"93.2%\" alt=\"Subway Exit at Peachtree Center Station\" \/><\/a><\/br>Subway Exit at Peachtree Center Station<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">A deep subway station with a long escalator ride.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/IMG_20260207_172732.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails\/IMG_20260207_172732.jpg\" alt=\"Centennial Olympic Park\" \/><\/a><\/br>Centennial Olympic Park<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/IMG_20260207_173005.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails\/IMG_20260207_173005.jpg\" alt=\"Bricks Marking Donor for 1996 Atlanta Olympics\" \/><\/a><\/br>Bricks Marking Donor for 1996 Atlanta Olympics<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/IMG_20260207_175207.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails\/IMG_20260207_175207.jpg\" width=\"93.2%\" alt=\"SkyView Atlanta Ferris Wheel\" \/><\/a><\/br>SkyView Atlanta Ferris Wheel<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Undergoing renovation.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-5\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails-s\/IMG_20260207_171345.jpg\" alt=\"Subway Exit at Peachtree Center Station\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails-s\/IMG_20260207_172732.jpg\" alt=\"Centennial Olympic Park\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails-s\/IMG_20260207_173005.jpg\" alt=\"Bricks Marking Donor for 1996 Atlanta Olympics\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails-s\/IMG_20260207_175207.jpg\" alt=\"SkyView Atlanta Ferris Wheel\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-5, #splide-thumb-5 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/IMG_20260207_171345.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails\/IMG_20260207_171345.jpg\" alt=\"Subway Exit at Peachtree Center Station\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Subway Exit at Peachtree Center Station<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">A deep subway station with a long escalator ride.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/IMG_20260207_172732.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails\/IMG_20260207_172732.jpg\" alt=\"Centennial Olympic Park\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Centennial Olympic Park<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/IMG_20260207_173005.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails\/IMG_20260207_173005.jpg\" alt=\"Bricks Marking Donor for 1996 Atlanta Olympics\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Bricks Marking Donor for 1996 Atlanta Olympics<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/IMG_20260207_175207.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails\/IMG_20260207_175207.jpg\" alt=\"SkyView Atlanta Ferris Wheel\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>SkyView Atlanta Ferris Wheel<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Undergoing renovation.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, I visited Atlanta on a very cold day (based on its mild standards), with lower temperatures and higher wind gusts than neighboring days. As the sun dipped below the horizon, the biting cold sapped whatever enthusiasm I had left for wandering downtown, so I didn&#8217;t linger there for long. After a quick dinner, I made my way back to the airport.<\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"My_Take_on_Atlanta\">My Take on Atlanta<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>This is the undisputed capital of the Southeast and the region&#8217;s largest metropolitan, that carries a reputation that precedes it. But this day left me with more questions than enthusiasm. Getting around via the MARTA subway was, frankly, a disappointment: single-tracking on a Saturday stretched travel times, and each ride brought the disheartening sight of people openly smoking on the platforms. Seeing a rat scurrying beneath one of them seemed an apt punctuation to the experience. Above ground, the city itself felt curiously anonymous \u2014 an indistinguishable sprawl of highways, chain stores, and glass towers that, I&#8217;ve come to believe, describes the majority of American cities stripped of history or natural beauty. One day is hardly a verdict, and I&#8217;ll grant Atlanta that much \u2014 but I left without a strong pull to return.<\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"Frontier_Airlines_Flight_3086_from_Atlanta_to_Boston\">Frontier Airlines Flight 3086 from Atlanta to Boston<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>My experience flying Frontier Airlines back from Atlanta to Boston revealed something that I could only characterize as either indifference or incompetence on the airline&#8217;s part.<\/p>\n<p>The aircraft, N604FR, an Airbus 321neo, was scheduled to operate the DEN-ATL-SJU-ATL-BOS rotation that day. As my captain announced during the flight, the first leg out of Denver had been delayed by two hours due to maintenance issues. This delay cascaded throughout the day, ultimately pushing my Boston arrival back by more than an hour.<br \/>\nSince all of Frontier&#8217;s A321neos shared an identical cabin configuration, I struggled to identify a compelling operational reason why such a swap wasn&#8217;t made. I considered several possibilities, though most failed to hold up under scrutiny:<br \/>\nWhat I found puzzling was, the aircraft that carried me from Boston to Atlanta, N621FR, also an Airbus 321neo, sat in Atlanta for 6 hours, before departing for Nassau at 3pm that afternoon. Frontier Airlines could, in theory, swap the planes, so that N621FR would serve the ATL-SJU flight, which was scheduled for 12:30pm that afternoon, and N604FR would serve the ATL-NAS flight, the latter arrived in Atlanta at 12:30pm from Denver, more than an hour late but still well ahead of the 3pm Nassau departure. This would have been a perfect resolution of the situation.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ATL-SJU leg required extended over water (EOW) certification, which N621FR might not have held. That wasn&#8217;t true since N621FR flew to Dominican Republic over a week ago, a route that would have also required EOW.<\/li>\n<li>Frontier Airlines scheduled the same crew from DEN-ATL to continue to work the ATL-SJU leg, which would be peculiar since Frontier had a crew base at Atlanta. A flight attendant I happened to chat with near the gate before my Boston departure was, in his own words, &#8220;very sure&#8221; that the two legs would be staffed by entirely different crews.<\/li>\n<li>N621FR required inspection\/maintenance done during the 6-hour downtime in Atlanta. This was the only possibility to which I was willing to extend some benefit of the doubt. The plane sat at a gate for a few hours, before being towed to a different gate for the Nassau flight. According to ChatGPT, gate-side maintenance is not unheard of, though it would be quite a coincidence that such work was done right in time for the Nassau flight, but not soon enough for the San Juan flight.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Notably, N604FR&#8217;s rotation appeared to be the only significantly delayed Frontier operation at Atlanta that day. It is difficult, then, to avoid the conclusion that the disruption I experienced was likely quite avoidable \u2014 and that it persisted not out of necessity, but out of Frontier Airlines&#8217; incompetence.<\/p>\n<p>To make things worse, this flight was scheduled for 10:40pm, yet Frontier Airlines didn&#8217;t officially communicate this delay until 9pm, while the inbound aircraft from San Juan was well underway. And once it had landed, it had to wait an additional 30 minutes simply because another aircraft had yet to vacate its assigned gate (I was quite certain other Frontier gates sat empty in Atlanta at 11pm, they just didn&#8217;t bother to switch gates).<br \/>\nThe practical toll of this delay was not trivial for me. Had Frontier communicated it in a timely manner, my evening might have taken a far more agreeable shape: perhaps catching a show at the historic Fox Theatre, compared to hours spent idle in an airport terminal. (The scheduled departure of 10:40pm was just slightly too early for what&#8217;s on that evening at Fox Theater.) By checking the plane&#8217;s rotation, I was aware of this potential delay as early as noon. Yet, unable to rule out the possibility of an aircraft swap, my evening could not be salvaged. <\/p>\n<p>So where does all of this leave me? Am I angry at Frontier Airlines? No. I flew them for the bragging rights of this &#8220;one Atlanta&#8221; benchmark, and had a full Sunday ahead to recover from the ordeal. What I am left with is something closer to a quiet resignation: <i>you get what you pay for.<\/i> Beyond the cramped seats and the unbundling of amenities, ULCCs in the United States seem to concern themselves solely with the act of transporting people from one place to another, with little regard for <i>how<\/i> that is done. Time and again throughout the day, there were steps Frontier could have taken to improve the experience, steps that would have cost them nothing (, and might even have saved them money by keeping flights on schedule). A legacy carrier would have taken them without a second thought. Frontier did not. Will this shape my future travel choices? Without a doubt.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/20260207_233429C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails\/20260207_233429C.jpg\" alt=\"Frontier's Seat Width Mismatch\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Frontier&#8217;s Seat Width Mismatch<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">I sat one row behind an emergency exit, and I found my row\u2019s seat width seemed to be higher than the row in front?<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Frontier Airlines 3086<br \/>\nAtlanta, GA (ATL) &#8211; Boston, MA (BOS)<br \/>\nAirbus A321neo (N604FR)<br \/>\nSeat 31A<br \/>\nScheduled Departure &#8211; 10:40pm<br \/>\nActual Departure    &#8211; 12:16am + 1<br \/>\nScheduled Arrival   &#8211; 1:13am + 1<br \/>\nActual Arrival      &#8211; 2:19am + 1<br \/>\n2 hours and 3 minutes<br \/>\nHere&#8217;s GPS tracking:<\/p>\n<div style=\"width:100%;aspect-ratio:3\/2;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikiloc.com\/wikiloc\/spatialArtifacts.do?event=view&#038;id=262260732&#038;measures=off&#038;title=off&#038;near=off&#038;images=off&#038;maptype=H\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-6\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/20260208_002247.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails\/20260208_002247.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking Northern Atlanta Suburb\" \/><\/a><\/br>Overlooking Northern Atlanta Suburb<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/20260208_012532.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails\/20260208_012532.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking Baltimore\" \/><\/a><\/br>Overlooking Baltimore<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/20260208_013505.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails\/20260208_013505.jpg\" alt=\"Philadelphia Airport\" \/><\/a><\/br>Philadelphia Airport<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/IMG_20260208_013603.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails\/IMG_20260208_013603.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking Philadelphia\" \/><\/a><\/br>Overlooking Philadelphia<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/20260208_014458.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails\/20260208_014458.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking New York City\" \/><\/a><\/br>Overlooking New York City<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/IMG_20260208_014530.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails\/IMG_20260208_014530.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking New York City\" \/><\/a><\/br>Overlooking New York City<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/IMG_20260208_020325.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails\/IMG_20260208_020325.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking Providence, RI\" \/><\/a><\/br>Overlooking Providence, RI<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-6\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20260208_002247.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking Northern Atlanta Suburb\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20260208_012532.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking Baltimore\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20260208_013505.jpg\" alt=\"Philadelphia Airport\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails-s\/IMG_20260208_013603.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking Philadelphia\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20260208_014458.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking New York City\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails-s\/IMG_20260208_014530.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking New York City\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails-s\/IMG_20260208_020325.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking Providence, RI\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-6, #splide-thumb-6 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/20260208_002247.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails\/20260208_002247.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking Northern Atlanta Suburb\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Overlooking Northern Atlanta Suburb<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/20260208_012532.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails\/20260208_012532.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking Baltimore\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Overlooking Baltimore<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/20260208_013505.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails\/20260208_013505.jpg\" alt=\"Philadelphia Airport\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Philadelphia Airport<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/IMG_20260208_013603.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails\/IMG_20260208_013603.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking Philadelphia\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Overlooking Philadelphia<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/20260208_014458.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails\/20260208_014458.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking New York City\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Overlooking New York City<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/IMG_20260208_014530.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails\/IMG_20260208_014530.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking New York City\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Overlooking New York City<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/IMG_20260208_020325.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/02\/07\/thumbnails\/IMG_20260208_020325.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking Providence, RI\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Overlooking Providence, RI<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>The flight itself was unremarkable, save for the glittering city lights of the largest metropolis along the Northeastern Corridor drifting past beneath me. After landing in Boston, I hailed a rideshare home. Having never done so before except from Terminal B, it took me a while to locate the pedestrian bridge leading to the airport&#8217;s central garage. Fortunately, the walkway was fully enclosed, otherwise, it was one of the coldest nights of the year, and I was still dressed for Atlanta.<\/p>\n<p>END<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A post about a day trip that I took to Atlanta early February, the flights back and forth and some of the museums that I visited.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2],"tags":[542],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10403"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10403"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10511,"href":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10403\/revisions\/10511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}