Places Edited by Dylan Thuras

First known as the "Sample House," this construction mash-up was meant to be a living catalogue of building styles.

Fresh wooden posts have been added to ancient holes to recreate a primitive henge clock.

Oslo's historic toboggan run has been letting thrill seekers slide from train stop to train stop for over a century.

This replica medieval European village in the Dominican Republic was built by a Hollywood set designer.

These ancient ritual mounds are our best window into the culture of the ancient Mississippians.

The graffiti-covered remnants of a former triangulation station are balanced precariously on this California peak.

This controversial Irish show cave is home to a massive formation known as the Great Stalactite.

This historic island prison holds one of the dungeons from the Count of Monte Cristo even though it is a work of fiction.

A formerly opulent Italian village is now a crumbling ghost town that no one really knows what to do with.

This chapel on a cliff is renowned for its healing powers and was founded on the site of a supposed divine intervention.

After this one-of-a-kind palace was built the architect's hands are said to have been cut off to keep it that way.

This chilly Canadian hotel has a four-month lifespan due to the unusual material it's made of.

Meet your friends, marry your true love, or tell your enemies to kiss your butt under this historic Pittsburgh timepiece.

The haunting peak of an old church is all that remains of a drowned Brazilian city.

An eccentric artist's abode in this small Italian town has been transformed into a surreal temple of mosaic madness.

A colorful collection of scavenged glass bells decorates this Canadian ranch.

This empty Victorian manse on Staten Island is said to be haunted but is actually a real life crime scene.

A floating McDonald's built for Expo '86 is now a derelict relic on Burrard Inlet.

This historic New Orleans cemetery is the final resting place of members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

The largest coin pyramid in the world is a carefully balanced stack of over 1,000,000 pieces.

This lovely university observatory continues to sit abandoned since its potential savior was sent to jail for fraud.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

Forget Hollywood, one of the biggest stars in the world can be found in Roanoke, Virginia.

Thanks to its heroic service during WWII this Soviet castle has been turned into a monument towered over by a brutalist titan.