Places Edited by Dylan Thuras

A phallic shrine to a princess goddess in Krabi, Thailand.

A castle perched precariously over the Crimean Sea.

Ho Chi Minh's perfectly preserved body has been on display here since 1975.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

These serpents are considered holy and pampered accordingly.

This building holds the embalmed remains of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.

Largest sub-glacial lake ever discovered.

These sprawling mines once served as a source of plaster and today serve as a storage facility.

A Cold War command center is hidden under an idyllic countryside.

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

"Would you like your sangria in an IV bag, or straight-up?"

Regency-era excess on the English Coast.

Learn the history of Dominican rum production.

A true roadside icon standing on the same plains that the herds once roamed.

A taxus-tree to which Julius Caesar reputedly tied his horse.

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese shrine.

An Olympic hero stripped of his medals is buried in a town he never visited, which took his name after his death.

The foundations of a forgotten fortress, wedged in between two streams.

The world's only silo that was topped by two revolving restaurants has unfortunately been demolished.

Why have you never heard of the second most popular tourist site in New York?

The "first cat," "first dog," and even a presidential pygmy hippo all get their due in this museum.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

Pyramid home to an obscure religious group that practices modern mummification.

Ruins of a German castle on top of a towering stone pillar.