Places Edited by Michael Inscoe

The massive white mound and accompanying water terraces are a striking geological oddity.

A 141-foot wave of crashing lumber guards the entrance to the Grand Place in Mons.

You feel like you're in a forest, but you're actually walking amidst the branches and trunks of a single giant tree.

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

An abandoned Soviet-era mining town in the mountains of South Kazakhstan.

The Roman Emperor's lost summer home and grotto full of enormous sculptures sit along the Italian seashore.

This romantic, decaying 13th-century ruin on the edge of Sherwood Forest is reputedly one of England's most haunted places.

The museum calls itself the "National Museum of the Paranormal" and is full of eerie oddities.

An English explorer's vast natural history collection has the first realistic dioramas of animals staged in their natural habitats.

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

At this Minnesota state park you can easily wade across the source of the mighty Mississippi.

The unique funeral practices of the Toraja can be seen here with graves carved into caves and hung off cliffs.

Every weekend, people gather here for a brief chance to see their loved ones on the other side of the United States–Mexico border.

The world's largest washing machine collection has more than 1,400 antique items in its exhibit.

An abandoned socialist utopia built in the late 19th century.

The ancient abodes are a testament to human ingenuity amid harsh climates.

A rotating cast of guys and dolls in front of a Washington, D.C. building.

This massive swimming pool is the high tech home to the human-powered submarine races.

The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

Legions of Roman soldiers bathed in this ancient spa complex under a Budapest transit station.

A memorial to the politician who became Great Britain's first fatality to be caused by a locomotive.

The final resting place of one member of the Amistad slave revolt who never made it back home.

The early data processor factory founded in Washington for the 1890 U.S. Census went on to become IBM.

A medieval fountain lined with 99 unique stone faces whose origins and meaning remain unknown.