Places Edited by Daniel McDermon

Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.

Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.

A 20-meter (65-foot) robot towers over Tokyo Bay.

An explosion of natural color known as "the river that ran away from paradise."

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

Museum dedicated to awful artwork.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

A Nesting Doll of Churches.

A room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt.

The longest burning light bulb in the world.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.

A geological bull's-eye visible from outer space.

A museum devoted entirely to the rattlesnakes and snake-related art.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

A museum of magic with a Sadist past.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.