Places Edited by Dylan Thuras

A 200-year-old prison that now houses a peculiar crime museum.

A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.

It's not a typo, now say it five times fast!

This crescent-shaped sliver of sand is a magical haven for a herd of feral horses.

This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

Monsters and miniatures are held in equal esteem at this wondrous museum.

The skyline of Montreal includes the silhouette of an unexpected fruit-shaped Canadian staple.

One woman's decades-long obsession with the "La Fée Verte."

Luxurious devotion and 500,000 images of Buddha in Myanmar.

In the loving memory of a tragically deceased role-player this Illinois park is decked out with both dungeons and dragons.

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.

Ample proof that watery ends make for well-preserved, millenia-old mummies.

Recovered from the brink of extinction, at home in the Financial District.

This large round boulder is said to emit spiritual power, but it may just be magnets.

Luxurious hotel designed to stir the imagination of its many visitors.

This museum celebrating the almighty dollar lets visitors literally stand in the shadow of a million bucks.

Since 1874, this macabre collection has developed into a museum devoted to Scotland Yard's mementos of dastardly deeds.

Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York’s only fraction of a street.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

Once featuring over 60 miniature replicas of famous Chinese locations, the Splendid China theme park was completely abandoned and is now mostly rubble.

This giant green head remembers one of America's jazz giants.

Over 100 concrete munitions bunkers are all that remain of a Pennsylvanian village seized by the US government.

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

The home of one of California's most important horticulturalists wilts amidst a lovely park.