Places Edited by Dylan Thuras

Sweet or salty, super hot or mixed into beer, this is the holy land for all things licorice.

This town near Nagasaki is flecked with fruit-flavored bus stops.

Collection of trolley cars in the woods represent one man's attempt to preserve transportation history.

The Rio Lerma (Chignahuapan) in El Salto, Mexico, is one of the most polluted rivers in the world. It’s covered in white foam, and falling in can kill.

Unparalleled stargazing, one of Colombia's best observatories, and a swimming pool can all be found in the middle of this ancient tropical forest.

Monument to a brutal, ineffectual US bombing campaign and a sobering reminder of the human cost of the Vietnam War.

The remains of an abandoned air force hospital located on a redeveloped Air Force base.

A local prank turned town icon.

Formerly known as the Malay Quarter, Bo Kaap is a colorfully-painted suburb located in the “Mother City” of South Africa.

The floor of the oldest surviving synagogue in the Americas is entirely covered in sand.

More than 8,000 drinking jugs say “Cheers!” to a guy named Toby.

This two-room shotgun shack in Tupelo is the birthplace of a King.

This vertical pinnacle in China was the inspiration for the floating mountains in the movie “Avatar.”

Plaque remembering the 18th century forced relocation of Acadians.

The prison where Hitler wrote "Mein Kampf," and 278 Nazis were later executed for war crimes.

An extravagant western hotel where every floor is the "ground floor."

The Bloemen Route, or “Flower Route”, stretches 25 miles through prime Dutch tulip country as a result of “tulip mania,” the world’s first economic bubble.

For a brief time in 1960s France, families could climb into a tiny submarine and be pulled along an underwater journey.

Despite its name, this route in southern Utah offers a heavenly day trip.

The oldest living tree in Manhattan comes shrouded in sinister legend.

Every plane, auto, and bicycle in this collection is kept in working order and are regularly demonstrated to the public.

One of Bristol's best-hidden gems has ties to Lord Byron, whence it became the nation's first reformatory school for girls.

It took more than 20 years and a sharp eye for one man to assemble this quirky collection.

A small mountain at the crossroads of Turkey, Iraq, and Syria that some believe was the landing point of Noah's Ark.