3 Old Ruins to Explore in DeKalb County

Atlanta White House is a gorgeous estate built-in 1906 on 8 acres of land, this stately home features majestic columns that reach up to four stories high and an impressive portico at the entrance. Visitors are impressed by its detailed woodwork, original staircase and exquisite courtyard area with a pool surrounded by charming gardens of fruit trees and flowering shrubs. Inside, there are fourteen bedrooms, each decorated according to its own unique design.

This is a historical site with a fascinating past. Built in 1922 for Asa G. Candler Jr., President of the Coca-Cola Company, the mansion was modeled after an estate located in Birmingham, England. During World War II it was transferred to the Navy and used as a training facility before being purchased by Emory University and made into a Psychiatric Hospital afterward. After closing its doors in 1997, the mansion was left abandoned until being recently renovated into its original state.

Stone Mountain Grist Mill, is one of the oldest surviving structures in the region. Built around 1845, this unique mill was originally operated by waterpower and used for grinding local grains into cornmeal. In 1939, Stone Mountain Grist Mill was moved to its current location due to pending floodwaters rising from the nearby Yellow River. Since that time, the grist mill has been open to visitors who come to explore its fascinating features and watch as grain is ground before their eyes.