Places Edited by Dylan Thuras

Eighteenth century house of the mysterious "Father of Raleigh."

These Roman ruins in England’s Lake District are 2,000 years old, but look pretty good for their age.

Humboldt's human-powered sculptures race across land and sea for days on end in a wacky quest for dominance.

Where better to stay the night than inside a trio of ancient Chinese deities representing "the good life."

Long the exclusive domain of birds and vagabonds, this little-known Central Park peninsula is open to the public once more.

This stunning mass of ice spans 121 square miles and is still growing.

This lovely ancestral home inspired the author D.H. Lawrence, and features a tunnel made out of a living willow.

One man's little-known private clock museum hides inside a historic farmhouse, set amidst the Austrian countryside.

Possibly the oldest masonry dam in all of Europe.

This supermarket in Shanghai appears to be a typical Chinese convenience store, but all of the bottles are empty and all the containers are filled with nothing but air.

Trek up this glacier before it disappears.

This Bronx apartment building is officially recognized as the birthplace of hip-hop.

Once known as the Illinois Asylum for the Incurable Insane.

This cemetery is all that remains of a school for "wayward" girls.

An Argentinian businessman facing terminal cancer built this whimsical medieval village using salvaged materials.

Stairs often replace streets on the steep slopes of this old mining town.

Check out engineering marvels of the past at this unintentionally retrofuturist museum.

Offering commanding views of the California coastline, this restaurant was a hub for the artists and bohemians of Big Sur.

Explore a uniquely pristine Borneo forest, now protected by former headhunters turned tour guides.

The world’s largest digital waste dump has become a site where organized criminals hack into confidential government data.

The final resting place of George Washington's Grandma.

What happens here stays here – unless it affects the whole world.

Beneath a Virginia City bar is the entrance to an abandoned gold mine.

The remains of an early 1900s dude ranch that operated until the 1970s.