Places Edited by Allison Meier

One man's exploration of the human form, including the bizarre and delightful "Man Attacked by Babies."

This deceptively salty lake looks like blushing pink lemonade.

The sign at the garden gate reads: “These Plants Can Kill.”

A performance hall at the American Jewish University moonlights as a sci-fi film location set.

Rising from the sea like a stone monster.

Mount Nyiragongo has erupted at least 34 times since 1882 and is home to the world's largest lava lake.

Christ's blood allegedly preserved in a Belgian town.

A fantastical group of cliffside stairways, bridges, and twisting paths carved out of stone provide a surreal coastal hike.

In the most arid desert on the planet, the world's leading telescope allows astronomers to see more than has ever been seen before.

This everlasting lightning storm may be the world's largest generator of ozone.

New Preston and Kent, Connecticut - where Friday the 13th, Part 2 was filmed.

One extremely determined man's homemade universe.

A little lighthouse in New York City, surrounded by mysterious stories of insanity-driven construction.

Dedicated to the art of hunting, with juxtapositions of contemporary art.

The world's tallest church tower reveals a spectacular view to anyone up to the task of climbing the daunting staircase.

On top of a resort town as old as the Bronze Age sits an incredible war memorial statue overlooking the beaches below.

Keshwa chaca, among the last handwoven Incan bridges, crosses Apurimac Canyon in Peru.

Partially collapsed lava tube and cave system complete with concert hall, underground pond, and unique albino crabs.

Walk through depictions of the torture inflicted on those who go to Buddhist hell.

A century-old cabin off of Highway 30 touts an unusual construction material: dinosaur bones.

New England's "Witches of Eastwick" locations, in all of their quaint white churched glory.

Stalin's march toward a more modern USSR flooded a monastery, leaving a unique and extravagant nautical marker, "The Flooded Belfry."

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.