Panacea, Florida, USA

Adjacent to the Wakulla County Airport is a housing development with a rather unique sales pitch. It's a development with fly-in homesites. However, there doesn't seem to have been much diffusion even though Tarpine and the idea of fly-in homes has been around for decades. [1995]

Seattle, Washington, USA

Maps on the Landscape: Here's one on an awning, trying desperately (using a flag) to tell everyone that Alaska is part of the United States. How interesting: Usually we see maps of the U.S. without Alaska (or Hawaii). In this case we see a map of Alaska without the other 49! [2011]

Kingman, Arizona, USA

Maps on the Landscape: Here's one on a wall, just loving its position at the center of the Kingman city seal. Blank walls make such perfect tableaux for mural maps, miners, and steam locomotives. Mural maps are perfect for unleashing the power of place. [2009]

Pooler, Georgia, USA

Maps on the Landscape: Here's one on a restaurant (actually two). "Taste My Culture" says the sign. That's the attitude we should have about every culture! So, what culture is it that you could taste inside these walls? The culture that gives us mofongo. [2018]

Walla Walla, Washington, USA

Walla Walla may have the largest collection of muffler men in the country thanks to Melody Muffler. These two occupy the space once taken up by fuel pumps. And one is playing a melody on that horn. How appropriate! What is his partner doing? [2019]

Walla Walla, Washington, USA

By 7 pm on Sunday, the downtown stores are closed, the restaurants are flourishing, and the entertainment is starting. Relax and enjoy the evening. [2019]

Walla Walla, Washington, USA

Walla Walla's downtown, complete with a full cast of buskers, must be the envy of small cities everywhere. It fully illustrates one of the principles of urban geography: The farther away a small city is from a large metropolitan center, the more likely it will have a healthy downtown. Shopping must go on locally (or, these days, on-line). [2019]