Places Edited by Dylan Thuras

A curious art park at the geographic center of Europe is home to 3,000 television sets and other wonders.

A fiberglass jungle, deep in the wilds of the Cleveland suburbs.

A humble garage, world-famous for being the epicenter of a technology revolution.

A spiritual retreat in the heart of Los Angeles offers stunning gardens and a labyrinth to lose yourself in.

A sewing machine tycoon built this miniature castle for the people and to beautify a lakeshore.

Legends of time travel and magical woodland creatures bolster the natural charm of this verdant sanctuary in the midst of Moscow.

Lured here by the promise of tens of thousands in gold, Jesse James started a quintessentially American trend of robbing trains in-motion.

A county library in rural Ohio houses one of the finest mineral collections in the world.

Believe It or Not, Ripley once called this chiseled mountainside “New York’s Mount Rushmore”.

How Quincy, Florida became the richest town per capita due to one man's shrewd business acumen and taste for fizzy drinks.

The mystery of the Putim Ossuary involves a tricorn hat.

San Francisco's oldest operating hotel, with a Victorian atmosphere and a "haunted" fourth floor.

One man’s passion for gas stations is on display along the Rio Grande in northern New Mexico.

Tiny historical streetcars wind through a small scale version of Crescent City in this whimsical train garden.

Giant pinnacles in the sun-scorched lands of Southern Utah have been nicknamed "white ghosts."

This encrypted monolith protected a secret of Norse mythology by hiding in a church wall for over a millennium.

This little known mountain has claimed four times as many lives as Everest.

A cabin completely covered in coffee mugs, where visitors are welcome to leave one of their own—if they can find an empty nail.

Tucked away on an empty wooded lot in suburban Oklahoma City lie the remnants of an abandoned circus camp.

In 1830, cemetery workers in Cham unearthed a chamber housing thousands of skeletal remains from the 13th century, which can still be viewed today.

These huge stone ovens in the desert fueled the Nevada silver boom, and may have also been a hideout for outlaws.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

No one knows who's responsible for decorating this tunnel with stuffed animals, but the people love it enough to protest their removal.

One of the few remaining American elm trees in New York’s Tompkins Square Park was the birthplace of a new religion.