Places Edited by Daniel McDermon

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

The Origin of On the Origin of Species.

The tallest unclimbed mountain in the world remains poorly charted out of respect for local spirits.

Stockholm's decidedly unique public transit system has doubled as the world's longest art gallery for decades.

A lover's walk between hilltop towns, decorated with graffiti love notes.

A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

A typical crusty old museum this isn't.

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.

Behind the pink curtain, Au Bonheur du Jour, an art gallery of erotic archives.

This folk art dinosaur was almost pushed to extinction due to lack of a building permit.

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

This sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for “The Hobbit” film series.

An Englishman loses his scalp to a Cheyenne warrior and lives to donate it to a library.

The 953 windows undoubtedly make this the world's most beautiful screened porch.

The final resting place of the Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico.

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

A unique geological area spiked with wind-carved rocks that resemble teepees.

To the great disappointment of doomsdayers, this codex merely contains records of the Moon and Venus.

An outback test site for the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult.

"The most colorful grottoes of the world.

A font of vintage porn on the silver screen.

Peek through a transparent pyramid and drink in the mountain made of books.