Places Edited by Michael Inscoe

A modern, secular take on a traditional Virgin Mary motif.

It was once the base for a series of domestic terror attacks.

The maximum security facility was once thought to have "the bloodiest 47 acres in America."

This bustling Italian plaza is built on the ruins of an ancient Roman amphitheater.

This Croatian computer club features such gaming relics as the infamous Virtual Boy and an 8-bit Pacman machine.

Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.

This greenhouse was once a hockey arena.

An art gallery, studio, and shop that celebrates death.

“It has nae lugs!”

Locals call it the "Give Peas a Chance" bridge because of its distinct graffiti.

Armenia's premier center of astrophysical research was established during the Soviet era.

This extravagant villa built by a Burmese merchant is part pagoda and part European mansion.

The world's largest pineapple building honors Bathurst's favorite fruit.

This doorless 20th-century elevator doesn't stop or slow down.

Tracking the 1,500-year history of Korea's star cabbage.

FDR's Art Deco hospital tower was hopelessly inefficient.

This huge work of functional public art replaced a landfill in New Jersey's Meadowlands.

A gravestone marks where a man's lost limb was laid to rest.

Where the English trapper who faked a First Nations identity bunked with beavers.

No one knows for sure why this town's dead refuse to rot.

A sobering scientific reminder of the human damage caused by the advent of the nuclear age.

A gaudy painted elephant stands in memory of south Florida's fallen carnies.

The juke joint where legendary soul artists ate, drank, and made merry.

An ode to the classic piece of British street furniture.