Places Edited by Hana Glasser

Captain John Smith thought these cliffs were amazing in 1608 but sharks thought so 20 million years before him.

The violinist who played on as the Titanic sank is buried in this quiet English cemetery.

This staircase full of Mayan hieroglyphics is perhaps the largest single text in the world.

James Turrell's total color immersion art installation, hidden on the top floor of a luxury handbag shop.

A literally moving statue of stacked metal giants just continually trying (and failing) to find love.

An ornate Thai pavilion in the middle of Sweden.

This iconic water tower and failed bandstand is open for panoramic views once a year.

A massive concentration of algae is responsible for this lake's pink hue.

This dark, damp, perilous tunnel is the only passage from north to south Tajikistan.

A flower grows on this giant stone that is said be able to control minds.

This simple convenience store sits on the location where the Ouija board was named—and has a plaque to prove it.

These mysterious petroglyphs in Vermont reflect a troubled history in the treatment of Native American culture.

This winding road through an Italian canyon may be the most scenic drive in the world.

Bad farming practices caused this unnatural natural wonder.

The ruins of a creative scholar's fantastical unfinished sanctuary act as his massive gravestone.

This museum chronicles the history of a leprosy quarantine hospital that then became a refuge.

This abandoned asylum in Wales might look haunted, but it's still beautiful.

This small-town library was the first in the world to be entirely supported by taxation.

This Polish cave has housed a dragon, a brothel, and an enduring legend.

One fisherman has used his love of pebbles and shore to create a crazy garden of rocky art.

Built in 1869, this now-retired structure looks more like a medieval fortress than a county lock-up.

This simple highway curve has become a comedic pilgrimage site.

This architectural triumph is the only Frank Lloyd Wright house in Alabama.

The oldest surviving wood-frame building in North America is still in the family.