Places Edited by Dylan Thuras

Bangkok celebrated its shifting monarchy with a militaristic homage to democracy.

An abandoned aircraft sits submerged in a lake in the Alaska wilderness.

Beneath the surface, something slithers. And if you find it, prepare to be slimed and glowing.

An incarceration museum on the spot of possibly the oldest prison in England.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

This ancient Chinese observatory still contains early astronomy technology.

This lighthouse was witness to the end of WWII hostilities and now collects creepy cairns.

The palace of the King of Kings, burned by Alexander the Great.

A town saturated in Italian rationalist architecture was once marshland drained by Mussolini.

This beautiful Victorian ironwork masterpiece was built to keep London from smelling like poop.

Terrapins of all colors and shapes are quick to bring fascination (and possibly long life) at this museum.

Are these prehistoric metal pipes evidence of alien plumbers? Nope, but they are amazing nonetheless.

A decommissioned submarine base makes a great space for graffiti art.

A theme park made of glass, from the gleaming books on the shelves to the crystal fish in the mirror lake.

A former Oz-themed attraction that has fallen into disrepair, but still holds some of the original magic.

Found art has transformed this Pittsburgh neighborhood into a psychedelic dream.

New Zealand's epic shrine to all things puzzling.

The once highest point in China blends symbolic design with a kick of adrenaline.

A collection of housewares from recent Irish history adjoined by a tower from ancient Irish history.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

The haunting, dilapidated remains of a former poorhouse on Staten Island's Greenbelt.

The world's longest outdoor covered escalator system transports commuters through Hong Kong's hilly terrain.

An outdoor sculpture park of giant pink robots and post-apocalyptic Christmas scenes.

It seems that the residents of of this megalopolis suddenly vanished, but they were never actually there.