Places Edited by Dylan Thuras

Mount Nyiragongo has erupted at least 34 times since 1882 and is home to the world's largest lava lake.

400 million-year old limestone caverns nestled in the Ozarks served as shelter and a hideout for cultures throughout North American history.

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

A medieval village holds a very modern hotel.

Visitors dip into a variety of pools of what was once ice.

Christ's blood allegedly preserved in a Belgian town.

"The Wonder From Down Under," a worm shaped museum celebrating the endangered Giant Gippsland earthworm.

A Spanish artist builds his own castle.

The folks at the Devil's Rope Museum want you to get hooked on barbed wire history.

A museum dedicated to a sea that should have never been.

Island of trash twice the size of Texas floats in the Pacific.

A solar-powered primary school inspires hope and experimentation in a country ripe for energy innovation.

This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.

A quirky house created entirely out of glass bottles combines a collector's spirit with an artist's flair.

In the most arid desert on the planet, the world's leading telescope allows astronomers to see more than has ever been seen before.

Is it an island or a volcano? That question probably explains why it's uninhabited.

Numerous sculptures set along hiking trails symbolize and idealize the relationship between man and nature.

Disaster prevention apartment blocks in Sumida Ward are designed to save as many as possible in the face of the inevitable.

Model Trains and Much More in Hamburg.

A 70,000-square-foot institution dedicated to a very literal, creationist perspective on the Book of Genesis.

Men in rubber-soled boots serve as your "brakes" on this toboggan ride Hemingway described as "exhilarating."

A showcase of canine neckwear spanning five centuries of doggie fashion and function.

A historic hotel on the edge of the Australian outback.

Michael Heizer's masterwork in the Nevada Basin.