Our very personable guide, Don, conveyed his passion for the history of Atlanta. The day before the tour we had walked part of the same route by ourselves. Passing old store fronts, street signs, and churches, it seemed decrepit and nothing special. The following day Don brought that same stretch vividly to life. It was the same throughout the tour -- where we saw only skyscrapers Don filled in between the lines. We never would have known what had transpired on that same site during the Civil War or Jim Crow. We took the tour on our 4th and last day in Atlanta, and it gave us a much richer sense of the city, past and present.