Places Edited by Alex Timian

Luxurious devotion and 500,000 images of Buddha in Myanmar.

Send a postcard while vacationing with Satan.

A hotly contested micro-nation off the coast of Montserrat.

Temple of a million beers.

The forgotten mummies of Dakhla oasis.

An ethereal glowing blue ocean cave in Croatia.

These azure waters were thought to lead to the Mayan Underworld.

The final resting place of the great navigator, or maybe his brother.

A canvas of crops grow from vibrant red soil in this terraced farmland.

Guitar made of trees, dedicated to a man's lost love.

Where beer lovers can literally immerse themselves in beer.

Steaming blood-red hot spring from hell.

Moscow's imposing monument to the Space Age.

Social outcasts and cannibalism in Stalin's Soviet Union.

Countless stories attempt to explain Poland's mysterious J-shaped trees.

Relive a Polish uprising via an enormous, century-old cyclorama.

Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Dozens of padlock-trees along the Moscow River.

The corpse bride of Portugal.

Nazca pilgrimage site covering 370 acres is a popular stop for archeologists and looters.

This tiny Bulgarian town offers a stunning location in the mountains and a storied history.

A scenic fort on the harbor protected Philadelphia from an attack that never came.

A museum dedicated to a sea that should have never been.

A solar-powered primary school inspires hope and experimentation in a country ripe for energy innovation.