Places Edited by Dylan Thuras

Manhattan's lighthouse, erected at the insistence of the unsinkable Molly Brown.

This 4.5-meter-tall statue of a native Australian bird marks Hydro Aluminium's 40th year in the area.

There are more than 4 million bricks inside this unofficial Lego museum in a former middle school.

An abandoned relic of the city's failed experiment with below ground transit.

Trade in that pesky human soul for cold-hard circuits.

Abandoned Coast Artillery fort now serves as a graffiti canvas and sightseeing vantage point.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

Detailed sandstone carvings show an array of symbolism and adorable animals.

A gender-bending antihero's grave, where lies the inspiration for both book and film.

The UK's oldest theme park slowly slips away.

An optical Illusion once believed to be an electrical phenomenon.

In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanesthetized patients.

A coastal rock outcrop with mysterious inscriptions variously attributed to Native Americans, Portuguese, Phoenicians, Norse, and more.

Want to properly offend a king? Sculpt a giant hill figure in chalk of him riding out of town.

Museum showcases Japanese sexuality and some amazing ocean views.

Gleaming self-built castle towers made from beer cans and inspired by "Vitamin Mary Jane."

70,000 empty bottles of Coke comprise an ad seen only from the air.

Australian Lake set aglow by Noctiluca Scintillans.

A well kept and well documented look at the Bruneian Sultan's life and successes.

A tunnel dug through the side of a mountain by hand provides convenient yet death-defying access to a small village in China.

An architect in Aspen used psychedelics as his muse while building this mushroom masterpiece.

MIT students continue the legacy of beloved professor "Doc" Edgerton through learning by doing.

A beautiful oasis town dating back to the Roman period still serves as reprieve from the brutal summer sun in Libya.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.