Places Edited by Daniel McDermon

Stone carvings record the Norse myth of Sigurd, providing a glimpse into Scandinavia's transition from paganism to Christianity.

An adorably sweet display of sculpted Precious Moments figurines.

This spaceship sculpture in the middle of the Slovakian capital looks like it just crash-landed.

A steaming, boiling hellscape sources Hokkaido's thermal baths.

Thousands of jack o'lanterns light up Halloween at this historic West Virginia home.

A remote candy-striped mountain in the Peruvian Andes straight out of the pages of Dr. Seuss.

An unusual cave filled with rare alien-looking aragonite formations.

An art deco ice cream shop covered in vintage tiles.

The world’s first interactive human body museum also serves as a chair for a giant orange man.

The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.

The tragic reality of a village riddled with rumors of haunts, chemical spills, and serial killers.

A collection of haunted artifacts chronicles the career of the world’s most famous paranormal investigators. Museum is temporarily closed with plans to re-open.

An intricately carved Viking church overlooks a glistening fjord.

See just what life was like in a 19th-century prospecting town.

The world’s narrowest house makes for an awkward, four-foot-wide living space.

This historic theater's pipe organ still accompanies silent films just like it did in 1929.

The legendary court where emerging basketball players gain their street cred.

The doodles of a genius line the walls of a secret room under the Medici Chapel, where they were hidden for nearly 500 years.

The entire length of the border is marked by a 20-foot-wide slash through the trees.

This folk art compound was built by a fortune teller on the advice of three people from the future.

Where America’s first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.

Planned as the world’s first zero-carbon city, it had lofty ideals—but is only 5 percent completed and aiming for 50 percent carbon-neutral.

The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.

Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.