Places Edited by Dylan Thuras

Where the alchemists dream of transmuting base metal into gold was actually achieved.

Unicorns, elephants, and bears, oh my!

Futuristic apartment blocks are the backdrop for Montreal surfers hangin' ten on the Habitat '67 standing wave.

Giant topiary dog once played a role in a terrorist bomb plot.

A diverse collection of wax, bone, papier-maché and mummified relics.

A salty cave excavated by elephants and the location of a deadly disease vector.

London's largest outsider art museum.

If you are looking for a used Russian battery, Chinese Ham Radio or other electronic oddities this Flea Market is a good place to start.

Hundreds of hidden passageways weave through the old quarters of Lyon.

One of the world's largest salt caves is filled with fragile salt sculptures, salt rivers, and huge salt megadomes.

The small cliffside monastery known as the Tiger's Nest is said to be the meditation site of an 8th-century Buddhist master.

1,001 carved statues of the Buddhist God of Mercy, each with a unique face.

Potential high level nuclear waste storage site for the next 10,000 years and beyond.

Step into the cool deep past and unknown future of who begat who.

Where giant ships go to die.

A museum commemorating the Donora Smog, which killed 20 people in October 1948 and sparked national outrage over air pollution.

Lone survivor from Custer's Last Stand forever preserved.

The world's most important buildings shrunk to a tiny size.

A religious-themed park filled with folk art to bring biblical stories to life that fell into disrepair and now being restored.

An Ethiopian "Jerusalem" featuring a church hewn out of a single rock.

The history of funerals and funerary customs.

A cargo of beautiful music.

This Arctic storage facility is a secure backup for agricultural biodiversity.

A 200-year-old collection of oddities and medical paraphernalia.