Places Edited by larissahayden

This ice cream parlor serves scoops of flavors like rakia, medlar, and poppy seed.

A 19th-century mansion houses the largest collection of gin in the European Union.

The only thing better than tubing down New Jersey's scenic Delaware River is doing so while eating a hot dog from a giant floating stand.

Journey through the largest remaining peat bogs in the contiguous United States to see the wilderness as it once was.

This graveyard boasts a medley of diverse and imaginative funeral architecture.

Within the former ghost town of Cisco is a carefully restored tiny town with one resident and its own art residency.

This tiny store is your one-stop shop for all sorts of rare and wonderful buttons.

These expertly crafted, scientifically accurate glass sea creatures were once an international phenomenon.

Giant origami sculptures tucked into desert scenery beckon passers-by to explore further.

A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.

Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.

These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

This relatively recently abandoned brewery is a tragic reminder of the continuing effects of Hurricane Katrina.

A towering tribute to decisiveness stands on the spot where Brigham Young and his followers decided that this must be the place.

A posh members-only club with a literally dramatic history.

Nondescript elevator doors open to reveal a stunning, surreal world.

A former Oz-themed attraction that has fallen into disrepair, but still holds some of the original magic.

Formerly known as National D-Day Museum, this collection commemorates the battles of Normandy and WWII.

A massive art collective tries a new take on Brooklyn's DIY music scene—by making it fully legal.

America's greatest forgotten garden and the former stomping grounds of Son of Sam.

The oldest bibliophilia club in America, with exhibitions on historic books and graphic arts.

This Wild West attraction is alive with glitching automatons.

This beautifully deceptive waterfall is something far different from what it appears to be.