Places Edited by Allison Meier

Curious crater remnants in the middle of the Australian outback.

Nature's biggest mammal swims in landlocked Oklahoma.

A Spanish town built into the cliffs.

A 1970s resort city now stands abandoned, caught in the middle of a divided island.

Cave carved out of a huge snow drift collapsed killing one and injuring five in July 2015.

The hottest place on the planet.

Roadside collection of 65,000 signs.

A vast landscape of craters created by meteorites.

A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.

This stunning, out-of-the-way Croatian monument commemorates a community's uprising against occupying fascist forces.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

Huge winged monument in the United Kingdom.

The largest freshwater lake in the Florida Keys.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

Abandoned cemetery of the former Psychiatric Hospital of Volterra.

The fantastic architectural models of a French traveler.

Experiencing Guatemala's sensory-exploding church is a blunt reminder of European influence.

A nude beach alongside a washed-out road.

Leaf through over 30,000 artists' sketchbooks in what may be the world's largest collection of doodles

When the rain falls, this drain system turns into a musical instrument.

An illegally built ramshackle mansion tucked in the middle of Brooklyn is now being turned into condominiums.

Ancient human, animal, and geometric figures drawn in the earth.

Each August, one of the largest religious (and food) celebrations in the country is held in Boston.

On a former island, this old fortification once used to protect the Boston Area and started Edgar Allan Poe in his military career.