Places Edited by Dylan Thuras

A remnant from the golden age of aviation still in use today, Pan Am's Clipper service took off from this Art Deco gem.

Defying all odds, this lonely little tree found a home on a log sticking out of a Canadian lake.

What killed this humpback whale is a mystery, but its remains have become legendary.

A herd of 150 bison live on California's Santa Catalina Island and are at the heart of an ongoing debate between environmental protection and economic expansion.

This seemingly cursed monument is dedicated to one of Canada's great war heroes.

Derelict airplane bodies serve as both home and income for three Thai families.

Together they left this world, and together they shall remain for all eternity.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

Mysterious library of an infamous financier and spiritual seeker.

An easy to overlook storefront hides some of the most authentic and regionally diverse Chinese food in New York.

A deserted 20-lane highway runs through Myanmar's empty capital city.

This sprawling, formerly elite sporting complex in Amman, Jordan has become a local picnic spot.

The last operating synagogue in Afghanistan is run by Zablon Simintov, the last remaining Jew in Afghanistan.

The ruins of this Dutch castle sit atop a labyrinth of once-secret tunnels and passageways, dating back over 900 years.

A park full of outsider art, created by college students studying outsider art.

A stately palace has been converted into the world's largest cannabis museum.

An American city stranded at the tip of a Canadian peninsula where strict adherence to the "49th parallel rule" became problematic.

Here, at the “world’s longest art gallery,” you’ll find forty miles of ancient petroglyphs and pictographs.

Serbia's master of striking memorials erected a forgotten, hidden gem in the hills outside a tiny village.

Historic house-museum dedicated to the revolutionary gay graphic artist Tom of Finland.

Duluth mineral magnates built this charming art deco lodge to be their private clubhouse.

Four bald cypress trees in Lafayette Square, across from the White House, mark the southern edge of a 100,000 year old cypress swamp.

The strange behavior of a tween led to allegations of witchcraft and a curse being placed on anybody within earshot.

Tijuana's legendary jai alai or "basque ball" palace is now a massive music venue.