The best time to visit Turner Field may very well be on an off day. Then, when you don't have to get around 50,000 other fans, you can explore Atlanta's fabled baseball park to understand how the Braves became our national team.

At the Ivan Allen Jr. Braves Museum & Hall of Fame, groups set out every hour to hear lively stories shared in the quiet of a summer day. As your guide leads you up to the Coca-Cola Sky Field, you can see the sports tradition nurtured here.

The guide will first point across the street to the 1996 Olympic cauldron and the outline of the old Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, the Braves' former home, where Hank Aaron hit his 715th home run.

Turning back to the new stadium, your guide will describe where 30,000 additional seats once ringed the diamond, providing the Olympic Stadium for the 1996 Games. Now, an enormous Coca-Cola bottle made of baseball equipment crowns the park.

One of the most thrilling stops on the tour provides a view from the bottom. In the basement you get a quick peek into the Braves' locker room. Next, you'll follow in the footsteps of such greats as Chipper Jones and Greg Maddux by walking into the Braves' dugout. Atop the bench, you enjoy the best field view in the park.