Places Edited by Dylan Thuras

A long-disputed lighthouse built on the wrong side of a Finnish/Swedish island.

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

A Barbary Coast watering hole built into a Gold Rush shipwreck.

Rare signs of the former Soviet Union in the Caribbean, though not where you'd expect them.

An abandoned town centered around a paper mill powered by a large waterfall.

This popular tourist cave was ignored for almost 200 years before being mined into an attraction.

A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.

A modest museum in the final home of Italian poet and father of modern Italian, Francesco Petrarca.

The first island in the world designated a light-pollution-free astronomical observation point.

Over 9,000 brains collected between 1945 and 1982 demonstrate the results of untreated mental illness.

A fantastic assortment of China's finest and most disturbing wares.

A writer's tiny retreat built from salvaged shipwreck timbers.

Take a drunken tour inside the world's largest known geode.

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

A unique geological area spiked with wind-carved rocks that resemble teepees.

This oversize piece of novelty cookware once cooked the largest pancake in the world.

To the great disappointment of doomsdayers, this codex merely contains records of the Moon and Venus.

This singular broken monument, now housed in a museum, was the cause of a worldwide "Mayan Doomsday" phenomenon.

The memorial to the victims of the Jonestown Massacre carries the names of 918 lost, including one name people wish wasn't there.

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A vast collection of rare books, manuscripts & extraordinary objects illustrating the history of medicine.

Plagued by riots, celebrity injuries and a tragic death, this amusement park has been demolished.

Three vintage horses survived a 1976 inferno and found a home on a sister carousel.