This first slideshow are some shots I took at a park in East Memphis.  Literally in the heart of Memphis, you can find some of these jewels:

The next day, I was riding my bike out at Shelby Farms, and discovered this place.  At first you get excited thinking “cool, a lake!” but then you realize you’ve been dropped in the middle of a war zone.  I think this is an old landfill that they’ve decided to clean up so it fits in at the park.