Places Edited by Sandi Hemmerlein

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

The home of aviation trailblazers, in a remote corner of the big city.

340-foot statue built to honour the Heroes of the Soviet Union.

Walk through the history of American pop culture.

Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

The last Americana on Route 66.

Giant nude woman of Tijuana is also the artist's home.

Four cars from the old system were once on display, but were removed in 2014.

From pre-war whiskey cocktails to prohibition-era speakeasy secrecy, this bar has seen it all.

This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

Once the largest windmill outside of Holland, with enormous 114 foot sails.

Most famous work of one of Frank Lloyd Wright's sons.

Nature and beauty amidst pollution and industrial wreckage.

An artist's vision for connectivity spans seven continents and 16 countries.

Home of Philip Johnson, one of the 20th century's most influential architects.

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

Abandoned Air Force base that has fallen into disrepair.

Temporary Burning Man sculpture made of two 18-wheelers.

Mexican food and folk art.

Exotic feline breeding compound and conservation center.

Factory that once supported an entire company town of 350.

Rusty industrial city full of oxidized distillation towers.