Places Edited by Hetaira Thais

This whimsical statue marks the high water level from the Great Flood of 1993.

This sculpture is a cross between an observatory and an earth mound to honor the community's rich history.

An enormous factory from the late 1800s sits abandoned on Cleveland eastside.

Pay homage to a preeminent matriarch, and the native Dena’ina people, at this sculpture installation in Anchorage.

On land once deemed “valueless,” a multipurpose community garden proves the potential of urban farming.

How did a massive marine arthropod find its way to landlocked Ohio?

Smoky, also known as "Yorkie Doodle Dandy," was a four-pound hero of World War II.

In the Mound Hill Cemetery resides the final resting place of the world's tallest couple.

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

Two Civil War-era cemeteries stuck between runways at the world's busiest airport.

A small collection of iguana-infested ruins hides amid Cancún's bustling hotel zone.

One of the oldest surviving lock houses on the Ohio River.

The first singer to cut a country music record is buried in a small graveyard in Atlanta, Georgia.

The world's largest Our Lady of Guadalupe statue overlooks this Ohio sanctuary.

Incredible miniature towns and buildings created and decorated with thousands of tiny rocks.

Faces carved into the cliffs create an otherworldly walking trail.

An overlooked collection of over 350,000 artistic works created by psychiatric patients using art therapy.

A suburban street in Anchorage doubles as a runway, and each home has its own airplane hangar.

A collection of witchcraft artifacts and occult paraphernalia started by the leader of the Long Island Coven.

After covering almost 1.5 billion acres, the survey's still not finished.

A monument to a Native American leader who was known for never breaking a promise and met his end after signing a deal with white settlers.

Now in disrepair, this 19th century station was a stop on of the famed B&O Railroad.

A fiberglass jungle, deep in the wilds of the Cleveland suburbs.

This Alaska library may be the only one in the country that allows you to check out pieces of taxidermy.