Places Edited by Hana Glasser

A clock set into the concrete outside a Manhattan jeweler has been telling time underfoot for over a century.

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

The angel of death appears to weep black tears at this grave marker.

A once crucial portion of the Long Island railroad still lays abandoned, waiting to be turned into an urban park.

This taxidermic smorgasbord was co-created by an artist poached from the Museum of Natural History.

Twice a day one of these tragic bronze mariners drowns with the tide to remember all those the sea has taken.

Once housing children next to hardened criminals this historic jail once displayed Ned Kelly's skull until it was stolen.

This southwestern historic site was designed and built by an artist who wanted his work to "feel at home."

Hidden among popular Sydney golf courses is a little remembered graveyard populated by smallpox victims.

The deepest underground city in Turkey was designed to protect 20,000 people behind massive stone doors.

This constantly evolving art space saved an Italian town from its own crippling reputation.

This Massachusetts home was the first to have a telephone line and its own phone number: 1.

Rather than a run-of-the-mill franchise hotel, this lodging has been decked out in dinosaur decor.

An abandoned cyanide mill is now a haunting magnet for graffiti and illegal parties.

This Italian foot path winds through the mountains via 52 individual tunnels.

A history of tragedy and a pile of eerie stories have contributed to this house's consistent ranking as one of the most haunted places in Ohio.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

The European towns of Brașov and Râșnov each have proud signs reminiscent of the Hollywood sign.

The remains of an idyllic small town built for the film 'Big Fish' still stand around a rundown main street.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

This historic rec center in the heart of Israel is a bastion of peace and togetherness.

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

The most visited pilgrimage site in Armenia once held a saint in a pit for 13 years.