Places Edited by Lex Berko

This lovely ancestral home inspired the author D.H. Lawrence, and features a tunnel made out of a living willow.

Beneath a Virginia City bar is the entrance to an abandoned gold mine.

This overgrown Illinois water park offers a whole new type of adventure.

An abandoned early-20th-century boomtown sits within the Calico Rock city limits.

This museum holds a fully-functional replica of the "Turtle," the first American submarine ever built.

Bangkok's men with dangerous jobs come here in search of protective talismans.

A humble garage, world-famous for being the epicenter of a technology revolution.

A sewing machine tycoon built this miniature castle for the people and to beautify a lakeshore.

San Francisco's oldest operating hotel, with a Victorian atmosphere and a "haunted" fourth floor.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

Alabama has a fiberglass Stonehenge. With apologies to Spinal Tap, this one is full-size.

An abandoned marine theme park has created a difficult experiment in dolphin rewilding.

This little barrel-shaped cottage by Lake Superior was once a cartoonist's summer retreat.

In the middle of the desert, miles from any human life, sat an anomalous pay phone that still magically answers your calls.

An easy to overlook storefront hides some of the most authentic and regionally diverse Chinese food in New York.

A deserted 20-lane highway runs through Myanmar's empty capital city.

This sprawling, formerly elite sporting complex in Amman, Jordan has become a local picnic spot.

Serbia's master of striking memorials erected a forgotten, hidden gem in the hills outside a tiny village.

Housing the National Women's Party since 1929, this historic house is now a monument to the fight for gender equality.

The future of roadside attractions is this sci-fi soda mecca that is home to a 66-foot tall neon pop bottle.

Could this grave be the true resting place of legendary gunfighter "Doc" Holliday? Unclear.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

Perched on a spindly rock spire in a Greek archipelago, this lighthouse would make a perfect wizard's tower.

A history of heat is on display at this unique Austrian museum.