Places Edited by Dylan Thuras

At Chicago's revered Field Museum, visitors are invited to learn about and literally explore DNA.

Medieval town turned hippie commune, once home to the secret foreskin of Jesus Christ.

Drinkslinger is an unlikely vocation for a Buddhist monk, but at this Tokyo bar the enlightenment is served in a martini glass.

One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.

The USSR’s Conquest of Nature lead to the domestication of many moose—no squirrel.

In oil-rich Azerbaijan, people bathe in the black stuff.

Where beautiful signs live on forever.

This famous archeological mystery may be an ancient example of movable type.

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

Approximately 250,000 people left homeless by the great earthquake and fires found shelter in Golden Gate Park.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

'Cause the fence start shaking, the earth was quaking.

Prone to disastrous fires, the city of San Francisco has the Guardian, a fireboat gifted by residents, to watch over them from the bay.

This bridge is embedded with a giant steel dragon that breathes fire from its mouth.

A basement full of treasures lies beneath this inn that has worn many hats throughout its 140+ years.

Train tunnel running underneath Quebec City.

The final resting place of a space program monolith, soon to be unveiled again to the public.

A collection of 100 brains preserved in jars on the UT campus.

Metal water storage tank turned ethereal concert hall.

Three buildings constructed of over 25,000 multicolored glass bottles.

The remains of an encyclopedic sculpture garden later used as an internment camp.

Collection of nearly 500 concrete figures sculpted by the late Veijo Rönkkönen.

Architecturally stunning library serves as the hub of Finnish scholarly life and culture.

Where the line between entertainment and aerospace blurs.