Places Edited by Ella Morton

Recognized the world over as the home of the McCallisters in the 1990 movie "Home Alone."

Legendary private island in the Bronx...devoid of rats.

Ancient Peruvian fertility temple or modern money-making hoax? Either way these monoliths still look like penises.

An abused and forgotten metropolis, abandoned for centuries.

An eatery in a shallow river where diners can enjoy their meal mere feet from the base of an artificial waterfall.

Jurassic theme park in the small town of Erlian.

The largest dinosaurs in the world, kissing above the highway.

The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.

Africa's Venice on stilts.

An island made out of shells, including a cemetery.

Remnants of successive wars and Muslim colonialism in the 11th century.

Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.

The world's most remote airport.

Giant nude woman of Tijuana is also the artist's home.

Ethiopia's "smoking mountain" is in one of the hottest regions on the planet and is home to two lava lakes.

Town not known for anything except its strange name.

Sulphuric gases inhabit a beautiful Japanese island.

One man's extraordinary topiary garden in a small South Carolina town.

This museum gives tribute to the underappreciated "Down-South Submarine."

Two islands just 4 km apart separated by an International Border and Date Line.

Sloth rehabilitation center in the jungle of Costa Rica.

Burial site of the world's most widely known researcher on the endangered mountain gorilla.

Annual Easter display made up of thousands of hand-painted eggs.

An old hill fort covered in over 100,000 crosses is a symbol of Lithuanian nationalism and beliefs.