Places Edited by Alex Timian

A modern temple with an ancient philosophy.

Death rituals and sacrifice inside a Peruvian megalith.

6000-year-old coal fire moves one meter per year.

A 1,500-year-old ghost settlement is slowly fading away.

Roam the cradle of the Cuban Revolution with life-sized dinosaurs.

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

A memorial to the murdered Jews of Kaunas.

100 massive sculptures in the Hudson River Valley.

Gaze upon chocolate sculptures depicting everything from chariot races to Gaudí's famous church at this shrine to sweets.

Mystic Incan rock piles three miles above sea level.

A graffiti Mecca welcoming artists from around the world.

Curious crater remnants in the middle of the Australian outback.

A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.

Iron Butterfly's personal collection of footwear.

Live a night as a Byzantine King, with a minibar and private jacuzzi.

The only pollutant in the clear blue water is sunscreen.

Village situated on a narrow volcanic escarpment.

French commune at the heart of conspiracies.

This unique Renaissance castle was turned into a home for Nazi occultism.

Giant art made in Japanese rice fields.

Nature's biggest mammal swims in landlocked Oklahoma.

A harrowing trail up a mile-high mountain.

Eat a meal surrounded by bomb fragments.

Religious dwelling in a Spanish volcano.