Places Edited by Dylan Thuras

A New England ghost town features a trail of boulders etched with intriguing life lessons.

A hidden "place of interment for gentlemen."

A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.

In the land of the Light Brigade stands a testament to the Cold War.

A real flying saucer, contracted by the U.S. Air Force.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

This East German military command bunker was ready for World War III.

A museum and tribute to a brave profession.

Columbus' failed colony in the New World.

Hauntingly beautiful totem poles left by the Haida.

Hundreds of pieces of ancient Taíno art cover the walls of this Caribbean cave system.

One of the first sewers in the Americas.

Where NASA's satellites and rovers phone home.

The earliest known map to show America, discovered by accident at a Paris bookshop.

A pre-Columbian ceremonial and astronomical site built by the Taino Indians.

The world's largest kaleidoscope, designed by a 1960s psychedelic artist.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.

The first hospital in the New World.

The first official clock in North America, it kept time for the Spanish government of Santo Domingo.

Hollowed out cedar log tubs set in an ancient towering forest.

Half-size replica of the Taj Mahal.

Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.

The site of a strange super top-secret military experiment during WWII on a remote Canadian lake.