Places Edited by Sarah Brumble

The city of Halifax still bears the scars of the largest explosion prior to the atomic bomb.

Bohol's unusually shaped hills turn brown in the summer months.

Water of undetermined depth has attracted rare fish and cult leaders alike.

Sparkling, calcite-covered skeletons of children who may have been sacrificed to appease an angry god.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

An abandoned castle owned and ignored by Masons carries a cursed history.

The youngest volcano in Central America.

World's only nuclear reactor operated by liberal arts undergraduates.

A trailblazing sovereign nation tucked in the American state of Wisconsin.

Hidden beneath a washing machine in a fake kibbutz, this secret bullet factory has been preserved as a museum.

Underground farm located in a former bank vault deep within the bowels of Tokyo's business district.

Stunning examples of Russia's 18th-century wooden architecture.

South Korea's women of the sea have completely flipped their society's structure by becoming revered fisherwomen.

The abandoned personal amusement park of the King of Pop.

An elaborate shrine dedicated to the four corners of the world unfortunately misses its mark.

Remote, volcanic island that Darwin, Hooker, and the Royal Navy shaped into a thriving, artificial ecosystem.

An extra-wide chair built to accommodate the former president's big behind.

All you ever needed or wanted to know about America's favorite whiskey, but not a drop to drink.

Architect Le Corbusier built his friend a cubist house to match his impressive collection of cubist art.

The world's largest ship graveyard is the product of decades of corruption.

One of two side-by-side totem pole parks dedicated to educating visitors on Tlingit history and culture.

A city continually buried under the ash of a volcano that has been erupting for more than 15 years.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

One extremely determined man's homemade universe.