Places Edited by Annetta Black

The taxidermied remains of Charles Dickens' pet raven, which helped inspire one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poems.

The cell which saved the life of Ludger Sylbaris, "the man who lived through Doomsday."

This famous bridge twisted itself into oblivion, but not for the reason you might think.

A New Zealand couple's shell-adorned home living room, now on display at the Canterbury Museum.

A cave interior in the shape of the ancient rhinoceros, created by lava cooling around its carcass.

A bunker "with enough U.S. currency to replenish the cash supply east of the Mississippi" in the event of nuclear war now protects nitrate film.

The remains of diamond fever taken over by the desert.

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

The "Prussian Versailles" that is as glorious today as when it was built.

Live out your childhood construction fantasies in this one-of-a-kind gyrating hotel.

A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.

Amelia Earhart's possible place of death.

The Devil’s own choice when he needs a drink in Brussels.

One of the world's largest collections of pharmaceutical artifacts.

A magnificent Victorian garden that brings the charm and style of old-time aristocracy to the 21st century public.

An indigenous take on European design creates a stunning visual overload.

Preserved Inca city and site of the last Inca stronghold against the Spanish conquistadors.

This strange geological landscape erupts with sudden bursts of water.

This cavernous swimming spot doubles as a home to the largest known colony of bats in Central Asia.

A contemporary art installation housed within a Gothic cathedral.

A living art gallery painted on a canvas of Monterey pine trees.

The largest prehistoric ruins south of the Sahara, once a powerful center of international trade.

A neutrino detector built into the largest man-made underground cavity in the world.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.