Places Edited by Allison Meier

A serpentine highway twists and turns over the treacherous Norwegian Sea.

At the "Garage Mahal" in Houston, car culture is about more than just driving.

A church dedicated to the Mexican skeleton saint.

The ghosts of Britain's telecommunication past sit rusting away in a small village in England.

The loneliest island in New York.

An odd little fishing town that is inundated by tourists looking to be locked up in a cage and surrounded by great white sharks, because why not?

Jumping-off point for a climb up Mt. Everest is the most dangerous airport in the world.

Near-constant high winds deform the trees on Spruce Knob, the highest point in West Virginia.

A collection of relics from the Spiritualist Camp Chesterfield.

This hospital once pioneered the use of electroencephalograms, but fell into maltreatment, abuse, and eventual abandonment.

Venice's "Island of the Mad."

New York City's only preserved family home from the 19th century.

The tallest sea cliffs on the Southern Hemisphere are a climber's worst nightmare.

A countryside Romanian cemetery filled with colorful crosses bearing lyrical, ironic, or satirical rhymes.

A formerly abandoned mental institute, now back in business.

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.

Reportedly 1,400 years old, this may be the first of the Fiji Mermaids.

A sunken idol welcomes parishioners to Davy Jones' Locker.

This former Roman Catholic Church still contains the embalmed hearts and organs of 22 popes.

The home used in just a few seconds of film that came to define the setting of a hit sitcom.

This 19th century brick building in Brooklyn stands out like the anachronistic landmark that it is.

Bold black and white motifs of life and death add a dramatic flair to this 17th-century crypt.

Where beer lovers can literally immerse themselves in beer.

No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.