Woulda made more sense to post about it a month or two ago. By now airfares and hotel rooms are going at exorbitant rates, if available at all. But anyway, August 21, a total solar eclipse will go all across the country on a diagonal line from northern Oregon to South Carolina. It'll go through, or near, some major cities; Portland, St Louis, Nashville, Columbia SC, pretty easy drive from Atlanta.

http://www.eclipse2017.org/2017/maps.htm

https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/

I'll be going to Nashville. Paying three times the normal rate for my hotel room, but it's a life experience and all that.

A partial eclipse will be visible over much more of the country. Just make sure to get some good eclipse glasses. You can find them all over the place on Amazon, but apparently there are a lot of sketchy ones out there that don't block as much light as they should. The American Astronomical Society is compiling a good list of reputable, certified manufacturers.

https://eclipse.aas.org/resources/solar-filters