Places Added by Mark Casey

A town church once nearly submerged by the damming of a river is now hauntingly visible as the water recedes.

Inhospitable caverns just beneath this island paradise offer insights into alien worlds.

Stay in a room with a view... of the bottom of the ocean.

The world's largest neutrino telescope searches for secrets of the universe at the South Pole.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

At Chicago's revered Field Museum, visitors are invited to learn about and literally explore DNA.

This iconic Russian space museum sits on a landmark space production facility and houses the Vostok 1, the first manned spacecraft, that was also built here.

This singular broken monument, now housed in a museum, was the cause of a worldwide "Mayan Doomsday" phenomenon.

On a quiet suburban street stands a peculiarly decorated house covered in mosaics.

One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.

Perhaps the most unique of any Frank Gehry design for one simple reason: Gehry himself actually lives here.

A unique opportunity to stay the night in retrofitted sections of sewer pipe.

This mountaintop lake bubbles and steams in a perpetual boil, thanks to its direct link to the Earth's interior.

In a long-dry lake bed, these groups of massive stone pillars bear a striking resemblance to clumps of everyone's favorite fungi.

A lake formed in the basin of a massive impact crater takes the shape of an unbroken ring when viewed from above.

Unexplained bald patches in the landscape grow and recede over time, as though they are somehow alive.

This peculiar lake of pitch is so thick and viscous that one can walk on its surface.

A flamboyantly decorated bridge signals diversity and fellowship at the entry to Indianapolis' Broad Ripple Village.

A late sculptor's last project was to turn this abandoned cement factory into a castle-themed amusement park.

This rural community has attracted both scientists and techno-refugees due to its federally-mandated lack of technology.

A tiny rural community in Switzerland was home to one of history's most shocking murders, and led to the banning of Absinthe for nearly a century.

A century-old cabin off of Highway 30 touts an unusual construction material: dinosaur bones.

A park in Mexico offers all the experiences of an illegal border crossing except for one: the border.

Eons ago, a rushing lava river formed this pristine passage through solid rock.