Places Edited by Alex Timian

A wooden replica of France's famous tower.

Rock-cut caves and 7,000 Buddhist sculptures carved into the nearly sheer face of a sandstone mountain.

Abandoned waterpark turned counter-culture mecca.

Houses are tucked between, on, and underneath giant boulders.

The world's largest church atop a political fault line.

An Italian hillside ghost town.

Wonderland replication in progress by one persistent man.

An unexpected desert oasis in South America.

Natural time capsule containing an alien ecosystem.

A palatial sculpture park was built illegally and in secret by a self-taught artist over 36 years.

A German apartment building hosting as many trees as human occupants.

Ethiopia's "smoking mountain" is in one of the hottest regions on the planet and is home to two lava lakes.

At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.

Derelict chemical plant on the North Sea is a beautiful industrial ruin.

Floating man-made island and upscale restaurant.

In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.

Many cities have held the title, but Brazil snatched the crown from Chile in 2011.

Century-old shop, specializing in Occult products.

An Archaeological Wonder of Peru, and the largest stone ruin site in the New World.

Moonbows over Kentucky.

Buddhist university that allows English-language speakers the opportunity to study with monks in Thailand.

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

This gravesite in the Amazon Rainforest was left behind by a failed Third Reich expedition.

This structure among the trees was the result of divine inspiration.