Places Edited by Dylan Thuras

Thousands of tourists and residents in Cologne affix "love padlocks" on the Hohenzollernbrücke Bridge to symbolize their affections.

Beautiful steampunk ghosts of early Massachusetts.

Sex curse discovered on ancient tablet in Cyprus.

Brooklyn vintners creating world-class wine in a city not known for its vineyards.

Come for the sustainable organic chocolate, stay for the sustainable organic booze.

“Invented in Key West, Perfected in Brooklyn."

Once a popular watering hole among longshoremen and shipyard workers, this neighborhood treasure spans more than 100 years of Red Hook history.

Explore the subjective dream of a hotel.

Paiwanese restaurant run by native indigenous Taiwanese singer songwriter, and home to a DIY arts-and-crafts folk garden.

An Amazonian hotel is the ultimate treehouse and provides stilt based accommodation.

A curious whirlpool formation supposedly capable of entangling or engulfing branches, tree trunks, or whole rafts full of hapless tourists.

The Uros people live on floating reed islands in lake Titicaca.

A unique Tuscan hideaway acts as an art mecca as well as a hotel.

North Central Florida's largest flea market and a weekend roadtripper's dream.

A Red Cross memorial museum at the site of the Niš concentration camp that operated for four eventful years during World War II.

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.

The one-time watch house for incoming ships at the Golden Gate now stands abandoned and hidden in trees.

A store that sells all manner of bones, insects, and animal curiosities.

A wellspring of creativity in an already artsy East London neighborhood.

Home of Jake the Alligator Man, the mummified remains of a cigar smoking, cross-dressing celebrity of the Northwestern coast.

Explore nearly 400 years of English middle-class home life.

An alchemist's “magic door” stands in the middle of a Roman park.

This limestone cave offers an incredible view of the Río Grande de Arecibo valley.

A face emerges from the landscape when seen from the air.