Places Edited by Ella Morton

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

Broken Catholic cross now worshiped in the voodoo faith.

Single runway interrupted by a busy road that cuts across its middle.

The Vermont grave of a 4,000-year-old mummy prince.

Some of the world's only freshwater seals live in one very special lake in Russia.

This notorious Canadian mental institution was home to some of the first LSD experiments and origin of the word "psychedelic."

Columbus' failed colony in the New World.

The world's first and only natural nuclear reactor.

A sacred lake composed of over 300 separate pools of highly concentrated minerals.

The mummified relic of St. Catherine sits forever on a golden throne.

A gargantuan crystal kingdom.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

A huge cathedral single-handedly constructed by one eccentric monk.

Tens of thousands of tiny birds swarm into one school chimney every fall.

Ever wanted the laymen's version of your credit card fine print?

The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.

Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.

A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.

"I did this all while you were watching TV."

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

The dead gigantic radio tower of Liberia.

Whimsical artist house in the New Jersey woods.

The third-tallest statue in the world depicts the "Buddha of Infinite Light," complete with observation deck in his chest.