Places Edited by Lex Berko

Once a giant gingerbread factory, this space now hosts exhibits and workshops on the historic treat.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

The ghostly remains of what was once the world's richest copper mine.

The remains of an ancient Roman teenager are memorialized at the base of a modern London landmark.

Built to give thanks for the passing of a plague epidemic, this cathedral is a one-of-a-kind architectural hybrid.

In Twickenham sits a small whitewashed castle that inspired Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein.'

All that's left of the quintessential "cabin in the woods."

The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.

The plague quarantine island home to the alleged "Vampire of Venice."

The remains of this RAF plane and its crew were lost for decades, nearly engulfed by the Malaysian jungle.

An Idaho legend carved out a cave village with his own two hands.

The townhouse where the "Blood Countess" Elizabeth Báthory started her murderous career.

A memorial to the 1913 tragedy that helped protect the workers of the future.

The ancient Greek Titan guards this massive dam holding a lightning bolt to symbolize electricity.

The not-quite-incorruptible St. Bernadette is perhaps the most beautiful of preserved saints—with a little help from Paris.

Huge otherworldly domed rocks on the shore of a deadly lake.

This peculiar museum offers hands-on interaction with seemingly intangible principles of mathematics.

This open air cathedral invites all faiths to worship under the only roof big enough to fit them all: the sky.

A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.

Once the gateway to the utopian dream-village of a Civil War embalmer.

This experimental utopian "city of the future" in rural India may hold a dark secret.

The only known Futuro house in North Carolina sits along a stretch of desolate highway on the Outer Banks.  .

An unassuming, powerful monument north of the U.S. Capitol bears witness to the resilience of Japanese Americans during a time of grave injustice.

According to legend, Bob Dylan sneaks in twice a year to eat dinner with Jack.