Places Edited by Sandi Hemmerlein

Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.

A former utopian healing center created by a huckster and built by derelicts.

Historic marionette theater features thousands of handmade puppets and free cups of ice cream.

Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.

Church and home-museum of a 1920s female revivalist preacher with a very sordid past.

A gothic church spire sits atop this skyscraper, the tallest church in the world.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

The most unique castle in all of Southern California, entirely constructed from repurposed materials.

An abandoned facility that has become a place of ritualistic satanic worship, or so rumor has it.

Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.

Rare collectibles from automated musical instruments to 250 unique automobiles.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

An old saloon in the West filled with history, and according to some, a few dozen ghosts.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Chewing gum tycoon's memorial lies perched over wife's botanical gardens on Santa Catalina Island.

This communist country can still appreciate its fragrant past.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

Lucha Libre (Mexican Wrestling) themed taco shop.

A curious fountain that has no water and includes Satan, a crab, and 9 giraffes.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.