Places Edited by Lex Berko

The post-apocalyptic remnants of a bucolic town ruined by a plane crash.

This abandoned asylum in Wales might look haunted, but it's still beautiful.

Wayne Newton's sprawling estate is now open for visitors to catch a glimpse of his "heart and soul."

This small-town library was the first in the world to be entirely supported by taxation.

This Polish cave has housed a dragon, a brothel, and an enduring legend.

This little museum has an exhibit devoted to the elusive forest denizens.

This curved Manhattan building was built to house the opulence of John D. Rockefeller's oil empire.

Despite being tiny and rural this Georgian airport looks like a sci-fi boondoggle.

A staggering collection of photographs depicting medical, social, and historical change.

The ruins of a Duke's bucolic dream, where camels once roamed alongside "Dutch" windmills and faux-Italian vineyards.

A wonderfully strange collection of 500+ stuffed frogs doing people things.

This abandoned cemetery has a dark past of bodies buried over bodies.

Legend says that these tall basalt pillars are the petrified wives of a trickster god.

This Alaska library may be the only one in the country that allows you to check out pieces of taxidermy.

Sitting beneath an unremarkable residential building is a museum devoted to classic Pinball.

The most metal church of all time was built in record time because of an international, pious pissing contest.

A site of natural wonder and flying coconuts in Samoa.

The only things left in this abandoned Latvian graveyard are a mysterious stone and a ghost story.

In this small Phoenix taxidermy emporium, you can find everything from a squid in a jar to a freeze-dried toad.

A monumental statue of RCA's mascot now sits atop a historical society roof after a life of moving around.

This historic home of the author of Lawrence of Arabia, has a history of literary celebrities and monogrammed sleeping bags.

The most gigantic, swoony, intimidating trio of fingers in all of antiquity.

This Tuscan lake hides a 13th century town that is still visible when the water recedes.

Hidden in Central Park's Ramble is a troublesome cave buried just beneath the surface.