Places Edited by Michael Inscoe

Eight naturally mummified bodies in glass coffins are housed in an underground crypt.

A locomotive made from 185,000 bricks celebrates the town's pioneering railway history.

A restaurant devoted to "trouser grip" wrestling, an ancient form of Viking wrestling that is Iceland's national sport.

There's a crumbling old mansion inside the Smithsonian National Zoo.

Tiny memorials honor individual victims of the Holocaust.

One of the largest collections of carriages, buggies, and wagons in the world.

Take a sea tractor to the Art Deco hotel on the island that inspired Agatha Christie.

An eccentric aristocrat brought these Australian natives to their current Scottish home.

An impressive century-old, to-scale topographical map of Guatemala.

The last four extravagant street signs of London's historic banking street.

A tribute to the couples who brave long periods of separation during wartime.

A perfect replica of the beloved show's first set.

The Bong-area park police have asked visitors to please, stop stealing the signs.

‘Bush the old fire dog died of poison July 5th, 1869. RIP.’

The "Heroine of Dunkirk" rescued over 7,000 Allied troops during the historic World War II evacuation.

Three markers installed over the course of 140 years mark the point where Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma converge.

A statue in the Texas town that proudly calls itself the killer bee capital of the world.

The only ancient owl carving found east of the Mississippi.

An existential riddle in the world's largest ancient castle.

Though it's unclear why it's there, the lifelike sculpture of the giant lizard is oddly charming.

A mysterious crater-like pond has a spooky tendency to empty and fill with complete disregard to rainfall patterns.

Canada's first pet cemetery is now abandoned.

The toilet-shaped house of South Korea's sanitation pioneer is now a museum to the john.

A derelict bit of infrastructure from the canal that once ran through D.C. is landlocked in the heart of the city.