Places Edited by Jason Michael Walker

A historic arena where the Beatles played their first concert in the U.S.

The homestead of American patriot John Adams.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

Parking garage where Bob Woodward met Watergate source "Deep Throat."

Home to items never before seen by the public.

The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.

The man who wasn't there.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.

The universally beloved children's television figure is interred on a high hilltop in one of western Pennsylvania's oldest cemeteries.

This two-room shotgun shack in Tupelo is the birthplace of a King.

In Paris, Texas, even Jesus wears cowboy boots.

The future of roadside attractions is this sci-fi soda mecca that is home to a 66-foot tall neon pop bottle.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

This grave marks the passing of a historic Jane Doe whose identity remains a mystery to this day.

The largest natural travertine bridge in the world is nestled in a small canyon in central Arizona.

A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.

Andy Griffith's hometown has made itself up to look like the fictional town of Mayberry.

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

A failed piece of Orientalism has become the proud symbol of a community.

At Washington's Dulles Airport is a satellite museum (no pun intended) with three quarters of a million square feet of aircraft history.

Sleep where gangsters fell amidst smoke and flame, with nary a bullethole to show for the legendary struggle.