Places Edited by Kavya Ram Mohan

The remaining relics of the patroness of Paris lie in a chapel under a striking double spiral staircase.

A massive Montreal stadium that has seen nothing but trouble since its inception.

Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.

The "Prussian Versailles" that is as glorious today as when it was built.

Live out your childhood construction fantasies in this one-of-a-kind gyrating hotel.

Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.

Japanese gardens dedicated to the Japanese farmer that refused to throw in the trowel.

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.

Holy Hindu shrine in an enormous, monkey-filled limestone cavern.

This derelict building used to house infirm Freemasons, their widows, and orphans.

The largest prehistoric ruins south of the Sahara, once a powerful center of international trade.

A complex of six forts embedded in the Rajasthan hills.

Sparkling, calcite-covered skeletons of children who may have been sacrificed to appease an angry god.

Lemon Grove, California is known for its giant lemon...and mummified bodies.

A remote coral island with a gristly history of shipwreck, battles, and a horrendous war crime.

The youngest volcano in Central America.

Down a stairway in the East Village, you could once read a plaque describing an alternate history of a fictional version of Manhattan.

Hidden beneath the streets of London is a secret subway that only carried mail.

World's only nuclear reactor operated by liberal arts undergraduates.

Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.

A rural hall of justice holds the world's only comic book and superhero museum.

Villas that once served as playgrounds for the rich now fall away in decay.

The eerie burnt-out remains of a prominent building where 30 protestors lost their lives.

Near-constant high winds deform the trees on Spruce Knob, the highest point in West Virginia.