Places Edited by Dylan Thuras

The world's greatest slide descends 18 stories from this looping mountaintop viewing platform.

This beautiful, historic church looks like something out of a simpler past.

These broken shards of ancient ruin may hide an ancient pyramid.

A vast, otherworldly collection of Buddhist stupas.

Florida's first suspension bridge.

This South Carolina water tower is an icon of the city of Walterboro, but it also once served as the county jail.

This homeless brass fox tugs at your heartstrings from the foot of a Stockholm bridge.

An enormous cat made of recycled wood scraps.

The Japanese mayo factory famous for its cute mascot.

This modest post office sits on the site of H.H. Holmes' famous murder castle.

These crumbling Latvian forts make for some haunting seaside ruins.

This tiny little cave was said to have been a refuge for a saint with a glowing arm.

This Mississippi seminary was the first in America to train Black Catholic priests.

All of Chicago's wood-paved streets are long gone but two alleys remain.

A place as enchanting as the journey to reach it is harrowing.

The haunting remains of a failed housing development can still be found behind the big box stores that were to anchor them.

The world's largest occupied bat houses hold hundreds of thousands of flying mammals.

This Florida arena, once host to "the fastest game in the world," has sat empty for 25 years.

This architecturally eclectic early-20th century mosque was built as a place of worship for the Islamic followers of a Jewish messiah.

Fulham F.C. imploded once everyone excised its giant, hated tribute to the King of Pop.

A B&B on a Victorian lighthouse station in San Francisco Bay.

The ruins of a once massive plantation are now a private residence hidden in the Florida wilderness.

This lonely Lithuanian chapel looks more beautiful and haunting in decline than it ever did in life.

The Tallahassee Airport serves over half a million passengers a year and is home to some permanent residents too.