Places Edited by Madeleine Kenyon

One man's fulfilled dream of living on an artificial island made of recycled plastic bottles.

Exquisite wall sculptures carved in secret by an early quarryman in an obscure corner of the Paris Catacombs.

The art museum is decorated with creatively remodeled pre-Nazi swastikas.

The sacred shrine of the Yazidis.

Elaborate patterns adorn the city's disappearing traditional architecture.

The Virginia home of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence is being preserved with a unique glass facade.

The deserted pirate-themed restaurant still entices explorers.

These recently uncovered walls are all that's left of Washington, D.C's first defense contractor.

A home built with marble tombstones from the graves of 2,200 Union soldiers buried in a Virginia cemetery.

A collection of over 2000 air-moving devices of all kinds displayed in the Fanimation headquarters.

The taxidermy remains of the first mammal ever cloned from an adult cell are on display in Edinburgh.

A piece of the iconic wall found an unlikely new home in a Vegas bathroom.

A technicolor place of worship for Elevationists.

The largest retailer of seashells in the world.

The great Danube river starts here.

Run by a eugenics advocate, this aging institution conducted secret radiation experiments sponsored by Quaker Oats.

This Minnesota-shaped forest is actually located in the state it is shaped like.

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

The tale of a strong-willed woman who stood her ground when the commercial world came rumbling in.

Visit this odd display of indigenous style in Argentine wine country.

An office built to look like a giant basket.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.