If you're having

out-of-town company soon and want interesting places to take them, go

to the Road to Tara Museum in the visitors center in the old train depot

in Jonesboro.

A Premier Pass

can be purchased allowing one to experience living in the legendary land

of "Gone With The Wind." It will admit visitors to five Atlanta

area attractions that provide special insight into Margaret Mitchell's

quintessential Southern saga.

Three of them

are in Jonesboro: Stately Oaks, an 1839 plantation house restored to reflect

the way of life of an antebellum planter's family with costumed guides

conducting tours Monday through Friday and most Saturdays from 10:30 a.m.

to 3:30 p.m.; a Historical and Hysterical Tour with tours Monday through

Saturday at 1 p.m., or by appointment, and the Road to Tara Museum, open

Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m.

to 4 p.m.

Also included

in the pass is the Margaret Mitchell House and Museum in midtown Atlanta,

which tells the story of Margaret Mitchell's life, including penning the

famous novel in her small apartment here. Daily tours are given from 9

a.m. to 4 p.m.

Finally, the

pass admits you to one of Atlanta's most famous attractions, the Cyclorama.

Here visitors get a broader scope of one of the movie's pivotal scenes

and one of the war's most important battles, the Battle of Atlanta. It

is one of the world's largest paintings in-the-round. It is open from

9:20 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

The Premiere

Pass is available for $34.95, plus tax, at the Jonesboro Welcome Center

or at the Margaret Mitchell House in Atlanta. The souvenir pass, which

is printed with movie scenes, is numbered and contained in a vinyl pouch

on a neck chain. It is destined to become a collectible itself for legions

of "Gone With The Wind" fans.

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