Places Edited by Dylan Thuras

Launchpad for the US military’s dead mouse operation to battle millions of snakes.

A private collection of massive steel monsters guarding a Texas pipe works.

Alien rock formations grown from the sands of an Australian national park.

The world's smallest commercial theater is set up in what was once a urinal for Victorian men.

Beneath the city of Lourdes, France is a massive, concrete church.

The encased skull that is widely believed to belong to St. John the Baptist.

America's Most Wanted's set resides in this tribute to the history of crime and punishment.

Home to some of the oldest hominid fossils ever found.

The cobbled together compound of a deceased artist which now serves as a filming location.

Miraculous tree that seems to sprout out of solid rock.

A collection of venomous snakes and reptiles for the whole family to enjoy.

A grove of colossal man-made flowers built to collect the sun's rays.

Italian cave with exceptional acoustics and an unsavory history.

This once luxurious Catskills resort is now a haunting ruin.

A Red Hook dive bar that is holding onto its roots.

Take in a rare, face-to-face glimpse of Lady Liberty at this tucked away Red Hook park.

A comic book store that puts the marvel back in marvellous.

The largest clown school in Britain offering accredited degrees.

Residential building on the Regents Canal is a breeding ground for creativity and innovation.

This hospital helped pave the way for treatment that drove down child-mortality rates in 19th and 20th centuries.

Historic church where a number of Shakespeare's actors are buried.

Lehigh Valley barge No. 79 still gets tugged along - but now it houses a museum and unusual performances.

The exorbitant price of paradise.

A quarter-scale locomotive wonderland built by one man and his family.