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Border Crossings

The Poker Creek border crossing.

Poker Creek

The northernmost international land border crossing in the United States.

A quilt from the Migrant Quilt Project. The quilts list names of migrants who died in the Arizona desert and incorporate personal items found along migrant routes, such as jeans and handkerchiefs.

The Migrant Quilt Project Remembers Lives Lost Along the U.S.-Mexico Border

Each quilt represents one year of fatalities and incorporates personal items found in the desert.

Katherine Davis-Young November 17, 2017

Mason-Dixon survey stone.

Delmar, Maryland

Transpeninsular Midpoint Marker

The stone marker that Mason and Dixon placed at the eastern end of the famous north-south border they surveyed.

Woodrow Wilson Bridge

Fort Washington, Maryland

Woodrow Wilson Bridge

This rare triple-jurisdiction drawbridge passes through Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.

Newcomb Mott, center, at his trial.

The Tragedy of Newcomb Mott, Who Thought He Could Walk Into Soviet Russia

Young and naive, he just wanted his passport stamped.

Sarah Laskow March 1, 2017

"No Pedestrian" signs in the Saatse Boot

Saatse Boot

This peculiar border irregularity is the only way to legally enter Russia without a visa.

The Long History of America's Constitutionally-Challenged 'Border Zones'

The extension of Customs and Border Patrol's mandate to a 100-mile zone has alarmed civil liberties' groups for years.

Jessie Guy-Ryan August 1, 2016

Canadian customs at Pohénégamook, which shares the border with Estcourt Station, Maine.

border crossings

The Incredible Complications of Living Atop the U.S.-Canada Border

The tough, restricted lives of the dozen people whose homes lie in both Maine and Quebec.

Kevin Williams July 15, 2016

The exterior of the Haskell Free Library and Opera House.

The U.S.-Canada Border Runs Through This Tiny Library

One of the only libraries in the world that operates in two countries at once.

Sarah Yahm July 7, 2016

Britain's Longest Land Border with the E.U. Has a Complicated Future

It's totally porous, for now.

Erik Shilling June 24, 2016

Found: Eyeless Catfish That Made It to the U.S. Through Secret Caves

Though no one knows for sure.

Sarah Laskow June 20, 2016

Dashed line is an international border; Bangladeshi farmer in foreground

Panchagarh, Bangladesh

Dahala Khagrabari

A piece of India inside a piece of Bangladesh inside a piece of India inside a piece of Bangladesh.

Point Roberts.

Point Roberts, Washington

Point Roberts

An American city stranded at the tip of a Canadian peninsula where strict adherence to the "49th parallel rule" became problematic.

The cross site at the peak of Mt. Sorgschrofen, viewed from below

Pfronten, Germany

The Jungholz Quadripoint

Two nations form a rare four-sided border at the peak of a mountain, philosophical questions result.

A Photographer Investigates Life Along Russia's Vast Borders

Anika Burgess February 17, 2016

Up to date map of the Northwest Angle

Angle Inlet, Minnesota

Northwest Angle

America's silhouette includes 100 square miles of wilderness jutting into Canada thanks to an old mapmaking error.

Mezcal bottles at a factory in Teotitlán del Valle, Oaxaca.

How a Fake Priest Smuggled Mezcal Out of Mexico

Ben Horan October 20, 2015

Is This the World's Most Interesting Border Crossing?

Karen Catchpole April 20, 2015