Places Edited by Kavya Ram Mohan

An Oxford museum where visitors can have tea with the Mad Hatter and climb through the wardrobe to a fantasy land.

Hidden treasures belonging to Mongolia's most revered and multi-talented monk spent decades buried in the Gobi desert.

An easily overlooked memorial to a Ukrainian famine-genocide that killed over 4 million people.

Step back in time at this 1950s display home, built to showcase once cutting-edge electric amenities.

An enchanting landscape of ancient sandstone structures eroded into otherworldly shapes.

The haunting complex honors the millions of Ukrainians who died in the forced famine under Soviet rule.

More than 500 unique and specially designed cases collected by D.C.'s "Harmonica Case Man."

Centuries before the modern seismograph, Armenian monks measured quakes with this tilting pillar.

Sections of the iconic limestone columns have been left uncleaned as a reminder of the city's polluted past.

Where the first "expert riders, willing to risk death daily" for the Pony Express were recruited.

This abandoned fishing settlement may well be the greenest village in the world.

An enigmatic natural rock formation with a manmade passage cut through the center.

This Minsk museum has cat coffee, cat chess, cat art, and even a cat "staff," which visitors are free to take home.

Vintage furniture and art share space with all manner of collectibles at this quirky shop in Bangkok.

On top of Gibbet Hill lie the ruins of a lavish turn-of-the-century estate that never quite came to be.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

Huge herds of Asian elephants can be seen walking, bathing, and just chilling at this Sri Lankan park.

This vast kitty-themed collection illustrates the history of human-cat interaction.

The South African dialect's complex history is immortalized in stone, in one of the world's only monuments dedicated to a language.

A treasure trove of rare and fine fabrics from around the world.

A unique book shop with a collection of rare tomes and a nostalgia museum.

Believe it or not, the now-ubiquitous California avocado originated in Guatemala.

A Texas cave network is home to some of the world's most spectacular-looking and bizarrely named mineral formations.

This elaborately decorated, fairytale-like Romanian royal palace is one of the most striking castles in Europe.