Places Edited by Dylan Thuras

A historic grist mill and active sluice on the Black River.

Museum in a swimming pool where the water still flows.

In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.

In paradise, feral pigs have claimed an island all to themselves.

This inexpensive lodging house was once a prison notorious for its inhumane practices.

The giant skeleton sculpture is surprisingly well-traveled.

Eight feet in diameter and more than 24 feet around.

Museum dedicated to wax representations of disfiguring diseases.

Mexican food and folk art.

Bouncing, delightful, mechanical art at the MIT Museum.

Anatomical cabinet holds unexpected treasures.

The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.

Massive installation of Europe's negative stereotypes.

Topless shrine of northern Ghana.

Looming communist pillar with a Czech twist.

This small cemetery is all that remains of Atlanta's first Black communities.

Fountain where visitors can earn a license to be mad.

The only electricity pylon built over two lanes of traffic.

Bell tower juts out from a village buried under a lake.

137 graves holding New England's earliest residents.

More than five miles of underground passageways.

A 60-room castle constructed by a horse-racing heir.

The world's first underground farm is in a World War II bomb shelter beneath the streets of London.

DIY collection of eclectic holdings.