Places Edited by Mike Bison

The tallest residential building in Africa is an unsettling Brutalist monolith.

Monumental sculptures of Patrick Amiot, constructed from debris, detritus, and determination.

Over 300 taxidermied animals in a Californian restaurant make for a taxidermist's dream and an animal lover's nightmare.

A curious cave church carved into the face of a cliff.

An 18th-century home taken over by antique automatons and musical machines (Closed).

Russian Orthodox church built on an Antarctic island.

An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."

A giant portrait of an ancient king looms over the river.

Ugly 18th-century dwarf statues living in a perfectly landscaped Austrian garden.

Macabre museum devoted to historical Viennese murders.

Holding the current title of "biggest chair in the world," it stands with little fanfare in Lucena, Spain.

Astonishing rock formations dot the Brimham Moor landscape.

Step inside Lucy, the world's largest "elephant."

Art Deco urban decay at this historical building.

One man's homage to the orange as realized through a long-term folk art labor of love.

A famed drink seasoned with an amputated toe, now on its tenth digit.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

A Roman monument to their own civil engineering prowess.

Scale model of St. Peter's Cathedral (Rome) in the middle of a small Dutch town.

Former headquarters of the KGB.

Bridges, terraces, and replicas of historic structures all built of rock and petrified wood by one man.

The shattered remains of the world's once tallest structure.

This "Palace of Purification" has made many film appearances as a dark and sinister headquarters.

A open air theatre built on a cliff by an eccentric British woman.