Places Edited by Dylan Thuras

Annual rush for a sacred desert lake's fish stock.

On the Hudson resides one of the largest clocks in the world.

Former bridge turned into an observation tower.

One of the most well-known city festivals in the world.

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

Hundreds of antique bank vault locks on display in New York City.

Meet manatees face-to-face at this zoo for native species.

Toxic waste disaster that founded the Superfund program.

An abandoned bait shop with a front lot filled with storage boxes.

The tomb of Increase Mather and his son Cotton, influential colonial ministers obsessed with the occult.

Abandoned Air Force base that has fallen into disrepair.

Derelict chemical plant on the North Sea is a beautiful industrial ruin.

Floating man-made island and upscale restaurant.

A quick and simple solution to Cambodia's train woes.

Nuclear waste dump site now an environmental sanctuary.

Large miniature theme park with 100-plus models.

These homes carved into the mountains seem to defy the laws of nature.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

Chemical fertilizer in agriculture's origin story begins here.

Sulphuric gases inhabit a beautiful Japanese island.

The snowbirds here are circus sideshow performers.

Known for the tunnel that leads visitors to the water.

Hunt for buried treasure in Nova Scotia.

Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.