Places Edited by Allison Meier

Gold Rush-era tombstones line the park's paths.

Museum celebrating the ocean, with the largest wunderkammer dedicated to sea exploration.

Dilapidated ruins that once treated a notorious young serial killer, currently hosting vandals, squatters, and ghost hunters.

Preserved "bog person" that is over 2,000 years old.

A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.

Gorgeous cave resemble a winter wonderland.

An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.

Amelia Earhart's possible place of death.

The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.

The ruins of a lighthouse on the island Amelia Earhart never reached.

The face of the famed flier in a hillside in her hometown.

The first home of the doomed aviator Amelia Earhart.

Where the lovelorn find a home for their sentimental keepsakes.

A Manhattan Episcopal church with an eerie underground crypt.

A massive art collective tries a new take on Brooklyn's DIY music scene—by making it fully legal.

A band of aerialists and circus performers putting on incredible shows in East Williamsburg.

A huge resale shop for the cast-offs of the film & television industry.

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

A flourishing garden with pigs, donkeys, goats, rabbits, guinea pigs, chickens, ducks, and sheep.

An indigenous take on European design creates a stunning visual overload.

Race through the maze, get your name on the sign.

Preserved Inca city and site of the last Inca stronghold against the Spanish conquistadors.

This strange geological landscape erupts with sudden bursts of water.

This cavernous swimming spot doubles as a home to the largest known colony of bats in Central Asia.