Places Edited by Andreas Rekdal

The only such mummy that remains accessible to the public.

A 20-foot statue reminds viewers of an extinct species.

Tucked away in Seward Park is Seattle’s only old-growth forest.

St. Peter’s, in Western Germany, has stood as a masterpiece of Romanesque architecture since 1181.

A 19th-century California philanthropist is entombed beneath the telescope he funded.

The New Bedford Whaling Museum in Massachusetts displays what it calls the world's largest ship model.

A network of tunnels connecting Bosnia’s ‘ancient pyramids’—or maybe just an abandoned mine?

The outdoor area of this contemporary art museum in Mexico is a modernist reinterpretation of hacienda architecture.

Malta’s oldest sea water distillation building is now an architectural anomaly on the Sliema waterfront.

The Ayo Rock Formations stand out on the island of Aruba as a unique arrangement of giant boulders with interesting crawl spaces to explore.

This store may be part of a well-known chain, but it stands out due to the tree growing through the middle of it.

Sip whiskey in a powerhouse that once belonged to a storied hydroelectric dam.

This hillside mushroom farm shares land with a Buddhist monastery.

Measuring 100-feet tall, the Gennett Poplar is the second-tallest tree in Georgia.

This buzzy, award-winning building hovers 85 feet above the ground on a dozen colorful stilts.

This unique park is dedicated to a favorite locally born snack line.

This beloved American snack was conceived by a hungry coal miner.

Stroll among more than 50 large-scale sculptures created by world-class artists.

This concert venue and educational trailblazer transforms kids through music.

John Wayne, Ronald Reagan, and other Hollywood actors have resided in this picturesque Route 66 hotel.

Here lies Zona, whose ghostly testimony led to her husband’s murder conviction.

You can still shop in one of West Virginia’s oldest stores.

In West Virginia, you can walk across the longest single-arch bridge in the Western Hemisphere.

The oldest hotel in West Virginia is reportedly frequented by ghosts.