Places Edited by Erin Everywhere

A rare double-receiver payphone housed in a fake tree.

An Oklahoma museum that celebrates the history of the "Mother Road."

This small museum takes the business of clowning quite seriously.

Life-sized bronze statues of fictional puppet characters.

There's nothing shrimpy about the world's largest artificial prawn.

This restored colonial house was once home to the botanist responsible for bringing avocados to the U.S.

On any given day this sprawling market houses literally tons of government-regulated gold, gems, and precious metals.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

A history of heat is on display at this unique Austrian museum.

The remnants of an archaeological camp stand within Tikal National Park.

This indoor ski resort has a mountain contained inside a mall.

Hidden deep in the Guatemalan jungle is a turquoise paradise of natural pools, caves, and waterfalls.

The Voodoo Superstore of the world.

The largest prehistoric ruins south of the Sahara, once a powerful center of international trade.

Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.

A historic freight system that found the true gold rush is in tourism.

Experiencing Guatemala's sensory-exploding church is a blunt reminder of European influence.

Volcanically heated hot springs.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

Central America's deepest lake is actually a volcanic caldera, surrounded by three volcanoes.

A sleepy little town that had the greatest landslide in North American history fall on it.

This decommissioned DC-3 now forever points into the oncoming wind.

A famed drink seasoned with an amputated toe, now on its tenth digit.