Places Edited by Blake Olmstead

Explore the wide world of desert plants at this unique Palm Springs botanical garden.

Four abandoned towers hidden above the Douglas fir forest in Washington.

Graffiti from the 16th and 17th centuries cover the walls of this part of the Tower of London.

As part of a larger public art project, three pillars honor the past of Wincobank.

A black and white painted wall creates an optical illusion in the California desert.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

A seemingly desolate park that belongs to two countries actually supports all kinds of wildlife.

One man's swirling six-acre monument of stone.

This town near Nagasaki is flecked with fruit-flavored bus stops.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

Research missiles and rainbow auroras at the world's largest land-based rocket range.

A collection of noses tucked inside an art museum reveals how times have changed.

Developers built a Walmart around one family's plot and constructed a mausoleum in the parking lot.

This collection of odd proofs of concept is like taking a walk through the imagination of a Victorian engineer.

This former Mormon settlement is reemerging from the receding waters of Lake Mead.

An arsenic-filled pool in the Grand Canyon takes on the appearance of a giant, overflowing pumpkin.

The skyline of Montreal includes the silhouette of an unexpected fruit-shaped Canadian staple.

Ancient serpentine sacrifice holder that has stood the test of time.

The first botanical garden, a feather in the cap of the Grand Duke of Tuscany.

The Devil’s own choice when he needs a drink in Brussels.

An abandoned castle owned and ignored by Masons carries a cursed history.

For nearly 2,000 years this church has been waging war on local snakes by importing cats.

A tree grown from astronaut seeds which were exposed to cosmic rays.