Places Edited by Dylan Thuras

Fabulous formations, weird and wonderful wildlife.

Giant disc-shaped gate took 20 men to close off this city in Madagascar.

A huge monument to a bizarre book written by Turkmenistan’s longstanding dictator.

Massive stele returned to Ethiopia after 70 years in Rome.

120 mortarless pagodas built by one Korean hermit.

Ukrainian defense contractor's center for studying "pyramid energy."

An abandoned lighthouse awaits its destiny: being buried under shifting sand.

A precariously perched golden rock defies gravity and brings pilgrims from across Myanmar.

Open air sculptures by an eccentric and loin-clothed hermit.

A 220-foot deep watery drop-off, filled with marine life.

200-foot-high minaret and only remnant of Afghanistan's lost city of the Turquoise Mountain.

Pagan monument converted to Christianity with the population.

The Magic House provides a beautiful and creative environment for curious youngsters to get their knowledge on.

1800 rooms of single-family residence in Brunei.

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.

A Romanesque tower appears when water levels drop.

Commemoration of a sea voyage gone mysteriously wrong.

A beach made of semi-precious green sand on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi.

Teeny tiny hotel on the coast of the Canary Islands.

Air Force Academy Chapel made of 100 identical tetrahedrons works to inspire those of all religions.

100-windowed castle turned art gallery, built by one dedicated mason.

Better known as the "Body Farm," this unique research facility has been studying how human bodies break down since the 1980s.

A true treehouse near Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park.

A cemetery for only coon hounds in northwest Alabama.