Places Edited by Kavya Ram Mohan

The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.

This monument marks where the exact middle of the world used to be.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

Petting this mysterious iron monkey supposedly brings good luck.

What was once a unique system of urban elevators is turning into a mechanical ruin.

The greatest real estate coup of all time.

A sprawling nature preserve harbors the world's only living dragons.

A once grand hotel is being retaken by the wilderness it once capitalized on.

The Voodoo Superstore of the world.

This expansive bridge in the Canadian wilderness was originally just built for friends.

Relax on your veranda and watch the light show.

Liquor and flowers mark a holy site for Indian motorcycle riders.

Stunning wetlands ablaze with pink lotus flowers.

This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

This ancient Irish religious site is covered in ancient carvings, many of which have barely aged.

A girls' boarding school inspired by the Chicago World's Fair, once abandoned, now restored to strange and scenic glory.

An abandoned stretch of highway, deteriorating next to the operational one.

A museum to a cave explorer whose tragic death was a media sensation, and whose corpse became a tourist attraction.

A newspaper building that made radio history.

The cobbled together compound of a deceased artist which now serves as a filming location.

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

This ghostly Alaska village still clings to a steep cliffside despite having been abandoned for over 50 years.

Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.

A sprawling Baroque park with 300-year-old hydro-pneumatic waterworks.