Atlanta is increasingly becoming a top-notch U.S. destination for restaurants, nightlife, and culture. Whatever takes you there, be sure to pencil in some time for the High Museum of Art, whether you’re an art lover or not. The Richard Meier-designed building has been the High’s home since 1983 and has remained an architectural gem. Atlanta may be steeped in American history, but this chic, white building faced with Meier’s trademark porcelain-enameled steel panels is nothing if not modern. After you’ve stepped through the piano-curved pavilion and four-story atrium, you’ll find works by Ansel Adams, Mary Cassatt, Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Georgia O’Keefe, Mark Rothko, John Singer Sargent, and Frank Lloyd Wright – just to name a few. As the leading art museum in the Southeast, the museum’s collection of more than 11,000 pieces includes African, European, and American art, decorative art, contemporary art, and photography.