Places Edited by Jason Michael Walker

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

A wild west cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, provides a window into the Old West.

The lynching and burial site of America's first train robbers.

The sci-fi villain is a little-known inhabitant of the U.S. capital's largest cathedral.

A historic presidential getaway on the continental United States' southernmost island.

Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.

Here lies Lilly E. Gray, an alleged "victim of the beast," but the reason long remained a mystery.

Recognized the world over as the home of the McCallisters in the 1990 movie "Home Alone."

A self-explanatory attraction allows fans to respectfully remember and honor a comedy legend.

Visitors can walk over the largest concentration of Columbian mammoths to have died from one event.

Site of a classic 19th-century physics experiment to prove the earth is rotating.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.

The Old Courthouse takes visitors on a captivating trip through St. Louis' timeline.

A hands-off space for graffiti artists to hone and display their skills.

Nature's biggest mammal swims in landlocked Oklahoma.

A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.

An original apothecary from 1792.

This landmark cemetery in Boston was created more than 300 years ago.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.

A pop-culture attraction outside of Dyersville, Iowa, hits a home run.