Places Edited by Abi Inman

This peaceful gem in upstate New York was chosen as the future home of the 14th Dalai Lama's Library and Museum.

A tree planted by Marie Curie is treasured by the Radium institute that she set up.

This isolated island is often capped by its own fluffy cloud.

A beloved carnival gets a modern makeover in Los Angeles.

A fashion designer's dazzling world of Japanese collectibles is hidden in a warehouse downtown.

Alaska Natives have lived on this tiny isolated island in the Bering Strait for over 5,000 years.

Legend says this rock was once a chopping block for public executions.

This small Catskills village has six independent bookstores and more bookshops than restaurants.

One of the famous Czech artist's lesser-known Prague installations appears to be a glowing fetus affixed to a drainpipe.

This giant iron playfully pays tribute to an early 20th-century architectural trend.

This great stone guardian of the forest is a relic from the land's volatile volcanic past.

These enigmatic columns tower over the ruins of an ancient Toltec city.

These particularly resplendent rodents are the state animal of Maharashtra.

A colorful street named for the legendary Australian rock band.

The sand is such a bright white that on sunny days you practically need sunglasses to look at the ground.

The mysterious 855-foot zigzagging stone wall has been baffling people for centuries.

This ancient goddess temple inspired the design of India’s Parliament House.

The final resting place of the famous Rhode Island lighthouse keeper who heroically saved dozens of people from drowning.

Some say this medieval church is where the poet Dante married his wife and also met the love of his life.

A colorful public mural in San Antonio's West Side encourages students to stay in school.

Someone left a Boeing 737 in a field in southern Bali.

The narrowest house in Buenos Aires is less than 10 feet wide.

The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.

Endless rows of boxes of paper records line the hallways of the archaic federal facility where guns are traced.