Places Edited by Daniel McDermon

A rim-made reptile in North Dakota.

Live long and prosper in Tennessee.

A shrine of fire worship built on top of a natural flame.

Nature's biggest mammal swims in landlocked Oklahoma.

The hottest place on the planet.

Roadside collection of 65,000 signs.

The coldest city in the world.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

When the rain falls, this drain system turns into a musical instrument.

A hidden network of subterranean passageways lies tangled beneath Indianapolis' bustling City Market.

Once thought to be the Garden of Eden it holds a holy footprint claimed to belong to Adam, Buddha and Shiva.

A palatial sculpture park was built illegally and in secret by a self-taught artist over 36 years.

Town not known for anything except its strange name.

This former mining town was named the most toxic town in America.

An alien landscape of chalk-rock in the Egyptian desert.

A sinuous monument to the first person who was struck by a meteorite.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

This fantastical icy castle is built anew every winter.

This golf ball–shaped former desert real estate office now houses a UFO museum.

In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.

In paradise, feral pigs have claimed an island all to themselves.

The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.

137 graves holding New England's earliest residents.