Places Edited by Dylan Thuras

Every autumn, this hillside is ablaze with red summer cypress.

A former insane asylum despised by Nelly Bly and Charles Dickens is now fashionable apartments.

The youngest volcano in Central America.

A reservoir of vintage pinball machines and arcade games for the nostalgic and thrill seeking.

Beside some power panels, a plaque celebrates the history of an alternate world.

Down a stairway in the East Village, you could once read a plaque describing an alternate history of a fictional version of Manhattan.

A natural history museum with an extensive collection of bird dioramas.

The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.

A lake in the middle of the tundra of Quebec is said to be the purest freshwater lake on Earth.

Where an entire elephant skeleton, a snakeskin table runner, and thousands of animal remains become art.

Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.

Hidden beneath the streets of London is a secret subway that only carried mail.

This elaborate Byzantine-style building was designed for a not-so-pretty purpose.

Remote Honduran Islands with a colorful history.

An enormous, 30-story-deep hole in the middle of Guatemala City.

The world's largest collection of witchcraft regalia.

Secluded amid upstate New York’s Adirondack Mountains lies this subterranean emblem of a nation on the brink of nuclear war. And it's for sale.

Offering an enjoyable alternative to the standard hellacious post office trip.

One of the oldest continually operating drinking establishments west of the Mississippi.

The humble gravesite of the man who failed to cash in on his Pepsi-cola goldmine.

Known as the "Dodo Manège," this carousel features a herd of animals that have disappeared—or may be gone soon.

This revered mutant tree was felled in an act of ecoterrorism leaving a legacy of myth and possibly murder.

World's only nuclear reactor operated by liberal arts undergraduates.

Iron Age grave stones and Viking burials, a short drive from Gothenburg.