Places Edited by Allison Meier

What once claimed to be the world's tallest single-family wooden structure house.

Japan's largest and oldest annual procession of floats, begun in 869.

A tower devoted to — and modeled after — the Divine Comedy.

One-room museum dedicated to India's most enigmatic mathematician.

Open-air museum with a large collection of Soviet-era statues.

"The Hoppiest Place in the World" holds the world’s largest collection of bunny memorabilia and is a singular testament of a couple's devotion to all things Leporidae.

The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.

This massive glowering Lenin head gazes out over eastern Siberia.

This 1000 year old relic-filled cave monastery and UNESCO World Heritage Site also hosts an amazing micro-miniature museum.

A cherry tree growing atop a mulberry tree.

Theme park featuring miniature replicas of European monuments.

A visionary precursor to the Internet made of index cards.

The history and future of cannabis.

The remnants of an early American attempt at missile defense.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

The meteor that sealed the fate of the dinosaurs landed at this site, one of the largest impact craters in the world.

Behemoth, cannon-like telescope operated by generations of Irish earls.

Home to the world's largest refracting telescope and the birthplace of modern astrophysics.

A faithful reproduction of Al-Jazari's enormous water clock.

World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.

This unique collection of lawnmowers includes vintage blueprints and automatic robot mowers.

Walk 2,300 feet above the ground on the "Troll's Tongue."

A museum in the childhood house of a medical pioneer.

A failed Russian themed village and amusement park in Niigata prefecture.