Places Edited by erjeffery

The world's tallest palm trees look like the whimsical kind of plant you'd find in a Dr. Seuss story.

A small town in Rajasthan has been dubbed the "City of Stepwells," and Raniji ki Baori is the queen.

This volcanic island in the Pacific just keeps growing and growing.

The perfectly named cave drop is the deepest in the continental United States, almost matching the height of Seattle’s Space Needle.

This colossal couch is an unlikely monument to Europe's first female Doctor of Law.

Strange rock formations tower above the river that snakes through this enchanting Icelandic canyon.

This adorable birdlike police box is designed based on a play on words.

This architectural stunner is one of the few surviving Egyptian Revival theaters in the U.S.

The bombed out remains of the old church were kept intact next to the new one, as a reminder of the futility of war.

This faded sign to nowhere is a beloved icon in New Zealand.

A small but hugely whimsical theater where marionettes play out the "The Battle of Stalingrad."

A World War II gun battery sits at the easternmost point of North America.

One of these two land speed record-breaking vehicles went so fast it shattered the sound barrier.

The burial grounds of a secret society includes fences topped with fake Tesla balls.

Stone slabs along the coast warn of Japan's tsunami-ravaged past, often marking the highest point of a wave's reach.

Clap your hands at the base of the pyramid, and the song of a sacred Mayan bird will echo through the air.

A quirky bookstore hidden beneath a sea of whitewashed Greek villas.

A baffling beast so absurd a town councilman called it "intellectual vomit in technicolor."

The symbol was surreptitiously built into the river bank by German prisoners of war.

One of the world’s largest living advertisements is made out of pine trees.

A remarkable medieval structure born from a 14th-century disaster.

This is what trains will look like after the zombie apocalypse.

These Egyptian statues have survived for 3,400 years and were an acoustic wonder of the ancient world.

This meticulously extracted nervous system allegedly came from a 19th-century custodian who donated her body to science.