Places Edited by Henrik Johansson

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

An abandoned guano-mining city in the South Pacific.

A freighter full of exotic animals ends a harrowing voyage impaled on uncharted rocks in the Boston Harbor.

A collection of collections ranging from dentistry to minerals.

A site of pagan worship which still attracts people looking for fairies.

The place of worship erected not once, but three times in one of the most desolate places on Earth.

This sailor's boneyard was lost under a parking lot for decades before being rediscovered.

An idyllic hotel that gave its name to a supposed shadow government.

A preserved building where the dead were once watched for signs of life.

This disused VLF radio station is no longer in service but the surrounding town still bears its name.

This float factory takes the mask off of Mardi Gras and lets visitors see where the magic happens.

This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.

The oldest library in Scotland was built from the remains of a church to hold a churchman's library.

This small museum collects the Christian remembrances which would otherwise be forgotten.

This working replica of the 'Friends' coffee shop is more accurate to the show than the set itself.

A small but industrious mining operation that allows visitors to touch precious gems while they are still in the rock.

A secretive collection featuring objects that were designed specifically for U.S. intelligence operations.

A museum dedicated to controversial Russian pianist Alexander Scriabin.

A modern sliver of architecture in Roma.

A unique seaside cave where Aleister Crowley faked his own death.

Where the rich wintered in Pasadena.

Some of the most unusual (and in some cases, disgusting) flavors of soda imaginable.

Hidden in a Scotland museum is a copse of extinct tree stumps.

Bird dung painted this huge boulder which in turn inspired the name of a city.