Places Edited by Dylan Thuras

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

The largest collection of artifacts from the Olmec civilization, the mother culture of Mesoamerica.

A collection of wonderfully preserved 19th-century creatures, as well as hunting trophies seized during a police raid.

One of the largest pieces of scientific equipment ever carried on a NASA space shuttle sits in a Chicago alley.

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

This museum inside a museum tells the story of London's timepieces.

A crushed gate and giant bronze head serve as a reminder of Greece's fight for freedom.

This strange sculpture is an enigmatic icon of this medieval German town.

A science fiction-inspired apartment building designed by a famous Spanish architect.

Deceased nuns were placed on stone chairs to decompose, while the surviving nuns prayed near the lifeless bodies.

This remarkable collection devoted to the study of fish includes 1 million preserved specimens from all around the world.

A collection of abandoned typographic signs from Berlin and beyond.

In Hong Kong, a fairytale flower tunnel is hidden within the gardens of a public housing complex.

Six times a day a train runs right through the middle of this Thai street market, sending vendors scrambling.

The sunken structure looks like the victim of a catastrophic flood.

The basement bowling alley of this St. Paul dive bar is decorated with thousands of dollar bills.

The unique collection includes bronze cast handprints of some of America's most famous astronauts.

Trimmed trees grow alongside the graves like topiary tombstones.

The Victorian-era greenhouse is stuffed with tropical plants, and open 365 days a year.

This giant disembodied horse head seems to balance impossibly on its nose.

A creepy sculpture of a decapitated head invites viewers to see St. Louis through its empty eyes.

These ancient sunken lanes were naturally tunneled into the soft ground by countless footsteps.

An exact replica of a colossal Olmec head sits atop a pyramid within a Madrid traffic circle.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).