Places Edited by Joe Olson

This rickety old shed hides a trove of secondhand literary treasures.

A mysterious pillar in an ancient burial chamber is said to predict how long you have to live.

Brisbane's manmade urban beach has enough water to fill five Olympic-sized swimming pools.

After much poking and prodding, this island is decidedly not a magnetic anomaly, but it sure is pretty.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

The only castle in North America to ever house European sovereigns.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.