Hi @Jon Kelley
List Places requires Place.Read.All permission. Please ensure the token generated has this permission before running this Graph API. You can decode the token using https://jwt.io/ and check permissions in your token.
Please note: Graph explorer, an Enterprise application, uses user signIn permission which is delegated Permission.
Hope this helps.
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