Places Edited by Dylan Thuras

The highest point in South Carolina was once owned by an energy company that neglected it but now the state is taking it back.

This metallic stampede sits frozen on a Washington ridge yet the artist's vision is still incomplete.

Legend has this precariously placed rock was placed by giants. Science has another explanation.

Unusual, mushroom-like rock formations caused by weathering and water erosion, set to disappear, according to geologists.

Despite repeated attempts to make it work, this former mining town is now nothing but dust and memories.

This attraction is devoted to the wonders of steam power and features a replica of one of its most public disasters.

The tiny Spanish village that long refused to change its outrageously anti-Semitic name.

The second oldest anatomical theater is housed in a museum of curiosities.

This once-grandiose behemoth of a monument from the socialist era now sits quiet and closed up.

This WWII plane died a quiet death, and is now a garden eel playground.

Once a bustling fishing port, this semi-ghost town is now more than 90 miles away from the shore.

This massive concrete sculpture is said to be the heaviest communist monument on Earth.

A park and memorial dedicated to the victims of the deadliest school massacre in American history.

The innovative Nigerian floating school that may just be a glimpse into the future of design in a world of troubling climate changes.

Possibly the oldest living thing in Europe, more likely a pagan survivor.

Two monstrous faces loom over a village in Czechia.

This bright pink Gandhi memorial was built so that sunshine hits a specific spot on his birthday.

These stark white cliffs were spat up by the sea and are slowly being retaken by it.

One of the oldest trees in Britain may have been witness to some of the country's formative moments.

This record setting conveyor belt system can even be seen from space.

A fortress built to pacify local uprising that had a stint as a Nazi concentration camp before becoming a five-star hotel.

The world's oldest map of the holy land gives us a fragmented glimpse of the layout of biblical nations.

These colorful sawdust illustrations are trampled into non-existence only moments after they are finished.

Heron, whitewater rapids, and urban industrialism all add to the beauty of this concrete nature walk.