Places Edited by Jason Michael Walker

This site honors the end of a 100-year boundary dispute between the United States and Mexico—all started by a river's shifting course.

This local mascot has been a presence in the area since the 1960s.

An oft-overlooked, magically musical monolith that stands majestically between Arlington Cemetery and the Iwo Jima Memorial.

A street in front of NASA's D.C. headquarters has been named in honor of the Black women who were essential to early spaceflight.

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

Public opinion is still divided on this enormous sculpture in front of Baltimore's Penn Station.

Coins and medals straight from the mint await visitors to this shop in the nation's capital.

Constructed by the younger brother of George Washington.

Some of the best pastries in "the Czech heritage capital of Texas" come from a gas station off I-35.

A planet-hunting astrograph built in the 1920s to seek out the so-called "Planet X" beyond Uranus.

A burial site located in the middle of a road.

Overlooking the Colorado Convention Center is this giant sculpture made from thousands of triangles.

Inside the Wayne County airport is an amazing collection of lights and sounds.

These falls, sometimes called the "Niagara of the West," still put on a good show at the right time of year.

A bronze statue of Mister Rogers in the neighborhood where he grew up.

Anne Rice, one of the most influential writers in gothic literature, is buried alongside her husband in a New Orleans cemetery.

One of the last Depression-era bandshells still standing was the site of Elvis Presley’s first live concert.

In 1911 this intersection was called "the heaviest corner in the South," an outlandish claim that only grew wilder over the years.

A dazzling display of lights and crystals.

This 16-foot-diameter wooden coin has been standing in Iowa City since 2006.

Outside the Department of Transportation, a collection of artifacts honors the history of how we get around.

The metal spire on the roof of this tower was intended as an airship docking station, but it was never actually used.

These cabins mark the site where our 11th president was born (probably).

One of the largest publicly funded mural in the country is one city's love letter to itself.