Places Edited by Kate Rayne

This coastal port saw one of the most significant battles of the Civil War.

A multiversal transit station located right below a highway interchange.

The world's only teal arches exist in a city that cares more about its aesthetic than an Instagram influencer.

Hidden in the grounds of the Fort Dodge Museum is a "real" and terrifying petrified giant.

The Internet Age began with a transmission from this biker bar.

A mysterious monument covered in a binary code marks the heart of tech.

This water tower has been a staple of the Rochester skyline since 1931.

In one of the smallest countries in the world stands an original Salvador Dalí sculpture.

Come for the boats, stay to explore the intriguing assortment of art.

Eat a tasty meal in the house where John Steinbeck was born.

This small monument to the great inventor contains a time capsule and a Wi-Fi hotspot.

More than 700 species live within this murky marvel of a swamp on California's coast.

Once America’s most beautiful army base, this abandoned military fort on the coast of Monterey Bay has been left to the elements.

Housed in a memorial lighthouse, this museum relays the history of surfing, beginning with the antics of royal Hawaiian teenagers.

The rest of him lived another 61 years and was buried elsewhere.

An ever-evolving wall of graffiti art off East Liberty Street.

Alabama has a fiberglass Stonehenge. With apologies to Spinal Tap, this one is full-size.

A fleet of automotive automatons sleep in this otherwise unremarkable urban garage.

An ominous concrete cube cuts a dystopian silhouette atop this California mountain.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

It should come as no surprise that the world's largest artichoke lies in the town that calls itself the "Artichoke Center of the World."

What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.

A giant pair of thick black glasses mark the tragic demise of a trio of rock and roll legends.

The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.