Places Edited by Daniel McDermon

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

An antique curios dealer and hybrid taxidermist.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

A surreal museum of extraordinary industrial objects.

"Iron Age" creatures fill this huckster's rusted metal sculpture garden.

Three bridges and one giant canyon make up this fantastic Spanish settlement.

An 18th century monument regularly tagged with unsettling graffiti referencing a 1940s unsolved murder.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

Ancient pueblos built into the base of a natural canyon wall.

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

Pasadena’s Stonehenge.

Former 1954 Del Mar Train Station now serves signature cocktails and delightful culinary treats, and still operates as a Metro stop.

A stellar example of Art & Crafts architecture, and a movie set to boot.

Hut with supplies for shipwreck survivors.

This series of Scottish caves has no clear purpose other than baffling historians.

An alchemist's “magic door” stands in the middle of a Roman park.

Hanging over one of Japan’s “hidden valleys,” these vine bridges must be remade every three years.

In a long-dry lake bed, these groups of massive stone pillars bear a striking resemblance to clumps of everyone's favorite fungi.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

One man's exploration of the human form, including the bizarre and delightful "Man Attacked by Babies."

The sign at the garden gate reads: “These Plants Can Kill.”

Rising from the sea like a stone monster.

400 million-year old limestone caverns nestled in the Ozarks served as shelter and a hideout for cultures throughout North American history.

The folks at the Devil's Rope Museum want you to get hooked on barbed wire history.