Places Edited by Dylan Thuras

One of the longest water bridges in the world was built over a supposedly haunted swamp in Louisiana.

A Parisian cemetery where the elite and artistic are interred beneath an eccentric collection of tombs.

Holy Hindu shrine in an enormous, monkey-filled limestone cavern.

The final resting place of American icon Buffalo Bill, and a museum that aids in telling his tale.

Once a train station along the Great Eastern Railway this vibrant coffee shop and bar is where members of London’s creative class mingle.

"Purveyors of traditional sweets and vintage treats."

Two plaques commemorate the site of Shakespeare's first theatre.

The Columbia Road Flower Market is now open every Sunday, rain or shine.

A flourishing garden with pigs, donkeys, goats, rabbits, guinea pigs, chickens, ducks, and sheep.

Once a favorite playground for the world's most illustrious guests, Hotel Nacional's secret weapons and bunkers reveal a more menacing side to its golden history.

Preserved Inca city and site of the last Inca stronghold against the Spanish conquistadors.

This strange geological landscape erupts with sudden bursts of water.

This cavernous swimming spot doubles as a home to the largest known colony of bats in Central Asia.

Skeletons dressed in extravagant 18th century royal costumes cavort in the aisles of this German basilica.

A perfectly running 230-year-old silver automaton and music box.

A contemporary art installation housed within a Gothic cathedral.

A living art gallery painted on a canvas of Monterey pine trees.

America's greatest forgotten garden and the former stomping grounds of Son of Sam.

The largest prehistoric ruins south of the Sahara, once a powerful center of international trade.

Mutant vegetables, transgenic mosquitos, and atomic rodents span the walls of this one-of-a-kind museum.

Giant marble phalluses on the sacred island of antiquity.

Keeping Ballard's heritage alive with delicious, lightly battered Alaskan wild cod.

An archive of nearly every day of Buckminster Fuller's life.

A big shiny gin and whiskey distillery in Sunset Park.