Places Edited by Allison Meier

Teeny tiny hotel on the coast of the Canary Islands.

Miraculous vase predicts the future at this Tibetan Buddhist site in the Himalayas.

A dangling church built over a Colombian gorge.

Roman ruins, natural methane fires and a lovely beach.

An island made out of shells, including a cemetery.

Village of slate houses, built on a white marble outcrop.

An impressive collection of dollhouses and an homage to the frog-leg canning industry.

Artfully arranged bones of 5,800 Austrians.

5,000 skulls in memorial to those killed by the Khmer Rouge.

This Boston medical museum features the skull of the famous medical case of Phineas Gage.

Museum dedicated to overthrowing the Soviets, complete with diorama of Soviets being beaten to death with shovels.

Executed in 1401, Exhumed in 1878, Stolen in 2010.

Small, privately owned island divided between Michigan and Ohio with abandoned vacation homes and a derelict lighthouse.

450 dead and frozen fish, proudly on display in Japan.

The huge golden reliquary of a testicle-smashing saint.

A shrine of fire worship built on top of a natural flame.

340 bicycles, 65 feet high.

This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.

A South African bar inside a hollowed out 6,000-year-old Baobab.

Temples adorned with intricate, erotic sculptures make up one of the "seven wonders" of India.

Final resting place of two dozen New York City harbor ships.

32,000 tiny soldiers are posed in 23 historical settings.

18th century anatomical amphitheater of the Royal College of Surgery of Barcelona.

A graffiti Mecca welcoming artists from around the world.