Places Edited by Leslie McIntyre

A huge musical sculpture and other art installations on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration grounds.

The beauty of urban decay, hiding some dark secrets.

The rocks of a certain area of Butte, Montana give off a musical ring when hit.

Upside-down trees serve as natural flower pots in this hanging garden of Alaska.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

Over the dunes of the Empty Quarter, the mysterious music of the desert.

Centuries-old bridges grown from tangled roots.