Places Edited by Dylan Thuras

Brain collection and database that narrows the gap between man and animal.

One of the largest, oldest, darkest, quietest motel rooms in the world.

World's smallest skyscraper, the product of a remarkable con.

Mysterious wreckage of a small plane has been lodged in this tree since at least 1971.

The bones of an old zoo crumbling in the shadow of a new one.

A spring-fed pool so deep it's used for scuba diving as well as swimming.

A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.

A community of artists and entrepreneurs seeks a simpler life on London's waterways.

Singapore's landscaping project is home to 18 incredible Supertrees.

The world's second-largest sundial, made entirely out of stone.

A couple turned their front yard into an artistic masterpiece.

This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.

The odd cement nubs littering this Spanish square are actually the entrances to a series of buried silos.

A tribute to one granddaughter's old apartment which now represents the whims of each visitor.

Japanese gardens dedicated to the Japanese farmer that refused to throw in the trowel.

Dilapidated ruins that once treated a notorious young serial killer, currently hosting vandals, squatters, and ghost hunters.

A former ironworks that was the first UNESCO industrial site.

Descend into the tunnels to experience the life of a coal miner.

A gravity-defying "devil's bridge" that has a surprising architectural feature for its stability.

A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.

Site of the first official transatlantic wireless communications.

Fabrication workshop where the encasement for One World Trade Center's beacon was constructed.

Abandoned Japanese ghost town gives a glimpse into what our own metropolises may leave behind.

A limestone wonderland of water and subterranean secrets.