Places Edited by Daniel Sobo

It’s all about the Benjamins at this Atlanta museum with interactive exhibits.

The first integrated firehouse in Atlanta houses a museum on the history of desegregation in the city's fire department.

Rare and classic books by Black authors are the focus at this independent bookstore in a historic Atlanta neighborhood.

Proceeds from this colorful teahouse in a historic Atlanta neighborhood directly fund women’s education in northeast India.

The largest Jewish museum in the southeastern U.S. houses a permanent Holocaust exhibit emphasizing the strength of its survivors.

No passport is required to eat around the world at this elegant restaurant.

The art deco colossus played a role in war and medicine aside from hosting the iconic Louisiana Hayride.

A remarkably futuristic building sits in the oldest town in Louisiana.

The only cave in Louisiana has played host to a state's-worth of clandestine activities.

This 1960's Soviet submarine in Peenemünde Harbor claims to be the largest submarine museum in the world.

A distinctive sculpture honors those killed and injured during a mineworkers strike in 1893.

A small strip of artistic displays is tucked away in a flea market.

This historic stone barn is the former home of legendary cattleman Charles “Lonesome Dove” Goodnight.

A little-known mural reveals the hydrological reason for Atlanta's founding in this location.

The inventor of the Coney Island hot dog rests in a grand mausoleum in Brooklyn.

One of the best-preserved impact craters on the planet is located in the middle of the Sahara Desert.

A local dive where religious kitsch, Southern identity, and queer culture collide.

This former office building has been transformed into an immersive music venue and art space.

One-of-a-kind museum inside the first Boeing 747-400 ever made.

The legacies of two historic Black American institutions live on in this unassuming brick building.

The ruined abbey includes a rare surviving example of a monastic latrine.

One of the oldest Mexican restaurants in the United States air-dries its trademark beef in a dangling outdoor cage.

A psychedelic tribute to one of Georgia's most unique artistic visionaries, out of place and time in the heart of Atlanta.

This oddity shop contains everything from antique tools to a human skeleton.