Places Edited by Henrik Johansson

The mummified remains of Dashi-Dorzho Itigilov, Russia's most important Buddhist.

A historic 1890s architectural masterpiece with an iconic clock tower that, once open to the public, now faces an uncertain future.

A 19th-century artistocrat's mansion, turned into a library, hidden in a modern library.

Microscopic scenes; some call it novelty, some call it art.

Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.

With over 100 jam-packed rooms to explore plus elaborate tea services and events, the Mansion on O Street is a hidden treasure.

Macabre museum devoted to historical Viennese murders.

A fake Transylvanian castle houses a cathedral of antlers.

The shattered remains of the world's once tallest structure.

A open air theatre built on a cliff by an eccentric British woman.

A slice of central Asia in the middle of Berlin.

An ancient Egyptian temple in the middle of Madrid, Spain.

A giant robo-cockroach building devours Tokyo.

Super-heavy Nazi architectural experiment.

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

Budapest's Communist-era statues, banished to the suburbs.

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.

A botched 18th-century canal silenced one of Sweden's most magnificent waterfalls.

The dome-shaped reservoir of this old water tower produces unique acoustic effects.

A monument to the "father of modern warfare" Gustav II Adolf.

The lake that fills and empties itself at random.

A miniature city, once ruled by the Queen of the Netherlands.

Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.

Giant acorn-shaped 19th century gazebo from which suburban Washingtonians gazed upon the original "silver" spring.