Places Edited by Dylan Thuras

An unsettling painting of three faceless sisters that is surrounded by history and legend.

Hidden behind a wall for decades, this masonic lodge was only rediscovered during renovations.

The Hudson River School comes alive at this palatial estate.

A man-made island fort that has housed soldiers, scientists, and ravers.

A museum dedicated to the Spanish occult in a town that was terrorized by the Inquisition.

Cold War missile launch site which has been converted to a public park.

An arsenic-filled pool in the Grand Canyon takes on the appearance of a giant, overflowing pumpkin.

One of only two remaining Victorian-era greenhouses in New York.

A huge wooden clock that is so beautiful its creator was forcibly blinded.

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

The oldest lighthouse on America's west coast no longer needs keepers, yet they maintain the site anyhow.

A temple devoted to inner esoteric mysteries located in a California commercial strip.

The saddest little diner in New York.

Mysterious stone tower featured in many alternative histories of the New World.

Human-made caves excavated to hide a secret society of wealthy pagans.

The wild west is still alive and well at this authentic mining town watering hole.

11,500 year old little girl found buried in an ancient fire pit.

The world's largest anatomically accurate brain sculpture.

The notorious headquarters of a corrupt political machine.

This strangely specific landmark will let travelers know when they are half way there.

A once grand hotel is being retaken by the wilderness it once capitalized on.

The Voodoo Superstore of the world.

The mortal remains of an estimated 70,000 people lie in the basement of a monastery in Lima, Peru.

A medieval fresco which reminds visitors that death will come for us all.