Places Edited by Dylan Thuras

A section of destroyed vertical lift bridge stands alone in the Peene river.

After Havre burned down, the best place to build was under the ashes.

The largest traditional Chinese medicine market in the world sells ingredients that may make you squirm.

Every fall this lake mysteriously drains, like a bathtub with the plug pulled out.

The Decoy Capital of the World.

For hundreds of years, automatons moving to metallic music have been marking the passage of time.

Made by river sediment, it is the largest alluvial fan in the world.

Home to the only outdoor municipal elevator in the United States.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.

The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.

Two rocks in a perpetual kiss and one of "the most romantic spot in America."

A place to eat for on-the-run agents and espionage enthusiasts.

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

Every year, over 25,000 monarchs overwinter in Pacific Grove.

An island said to shake with the current.

One of the best collections of antique printing machinery in the world.

World's second largest particle accelerator, where nature reveals its secrets.

A volcanic landmark located on an Ice age lake bed.

A school teacher's massive and terrifying self-built castle.

Canada's subterranean Cold War museum has doubled as a movie set.

The Natural History Museum that time forgot.

An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.

Two bulls enter. One leaves a champion—but neither loses its life.

A onetime gangsters' hideaway where you can dine on steaks, fine wines, and cigars just like they once did.