Places Edited by Daniel McDermon

The only subterranean ping pong table in Atlanta.

This beautiful park on the outskirts of Rome protects the ruins of two colossal ancient aqueducts.

Transport yourself to the 1980s era of video games at this themed restaurant and bar.

This Dakar museum exhibits artworks and artifacts honoring the daily lives of Senegalese women.

These tiny statues form a terracotta army from China's Han dynasty.

One of the last of the great 1920s movie palaces is a Floridian Greco-Spanish-Persian dreamscape.

Nearly 300,000 acres of wildlife, natural splendor, and a hidden ghost town have been designated a national monument.

All that remains of a Japanese fishing vessel that ran aground in 1982.

The largest prehistoric cemetery on the Balearic Islands dates back over 2,500 years.

This once-private estate is now a dreamy, meditative garden that's open to the public.

An ancient Scottish rock formation said to be the gravesite of a giant remains ensconced in legend and intrigue.

The eternal resting place of the last highwayman hanged in England.

Despite many attempts to finish this overpass, it has been abandoned since the 1970s.

The bright red stripes streaking across the rocks are the star feature at this Icelandic waterfall.

Twelve hundred stone carvings guard this off-the-beaten-path Buddhist temple.

An annual festival full of illuminated replicas of iconic landmarks from around the world.

Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.

The unusual stilted beacon is the town's only active lighthouse.

This small oasis of flora and art was created in remembrance of a local auto business owner.

Faces carved into the cliffs create an otherworldly walking trail.

This tiny traditional smokehouse is the only one left in this historic fishing port.

A historic and oft-filmed prison stands in a Chicago suburb.

A familiar otherworldly creature guards this 12th-century Scottish abbey.

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.