Places Edited by Allison Meier

This Italian foot path winds through the mountains via 52 individual tunnels.

Now the site of a high school, this was almost the location of the largest cathedral in the US.

This historic Civil War church has survived over a century of racial turmoil but still stands as a reminder of the town's roots.

While exploring the desert, you can stop by the home of a fictional heretic from a parallel universe.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

This memorial to the thousands of Indian dead during WWI was callously used for target practice during WWII.

To literally keep their waste out of their own backyards, the citizens of this English city built an impressive sewer system that is still in use today.

An Alaska livestock farm devotes itself to harvesting wool from creatures that once ran with mammoths and sabertooth tigers.

This sprawling taxidermy collection celebrates the art and history of sport hunting.

This series of underground chambers contains Europe's largest subterranean lake that is slowly drained each day.

The body of one of the world's most famous outlaws is covered in cement and iron to prevent it from being stolen.

The largest tea plantation in Southeast Asia supplies gorgeous vistas alongside tea for the surrounding countries.

The longest navigable underground river in the United States is home to countless blind and albino animals.

This crumbling stump is all that remains of what was once thought to be the oldest living organism.

A subterranean ice warehouse that has lain hidden beneath central London for over a century is now open to the public.

Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.

Located in the house where Gustave Flaubert was born, this odd museum has more to do with medical grotesquery than the Western novel.

Part taxidermy workshop, part natural history museum this Michigan destination shows off its dead animals and helps you mount your own.

A former seaside jewel built for the everyman is now simply a neglected art deco fortress.

One of Europe's largest supercomputers is housed inside of a disused chapel.

This concept building is the UK's first attempt at making a permanent structure of nothing but trash.

If you want to take a peek at Area 51, this is legally as close as you're going to get.

This Nevada lake holds its titular natural pyramid and, if the legends are true, a number of dangerous spirits.

This archaeological site was the center of the extinct Yarmukian culture which developed the first roads and pottery in Israel.