Places Edited by Dylan Thuras

The house that took a plunge into the facade of a museum.

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.

A Japanese pilot crash-landed on this Hawaiian island after the Pearl Harbor attack and terrorized locals for a week.

The culprit who accidentally lit this 3,500-year-old tree on fire stated "I can't believe I burned down a tree older than Jesus."

A prohibition era watering hole for the police.

Their motto is, "We've been bonkers for hats even longer than you have!"

Headquarters of the world's fourth largest Hasidic sect and the first of many "770s" around the world.

More gold than anywhere else, ever.

Salute the leader of the proletariat.

This cemetery features modernist statues as strange as its name.

On this island, you suck away your garbage via an elaborate pneumatic tube system.

A notorious punk house turned co-op.

After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.

Stay in the one time home to one of Scotland's most notorious gentleman's sex clubs.

"May prick nor purse ne'er fail you."

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

This fairy tale-themed amusement park is now abandoned, and childhood metaphors abound.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

A chilling monument to Korean patriots who resisted the Japanese occupation.

30 years worth of pressed-tin, bakalite, and characters both loved and forgotten.

A historic house in St. Louis was plagued by a series of suicides committed by family members involved in a successful brewery.

The Florence Nightingale Museum is home to the famous nurse's most treasured possession: her beloved pet owl.

Join in a Seance at the Swedenborgian Church.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.