Places Edited by Michael Inscoe

A history of heat is on display at this unique Austrian museum.

This artificial cave looks like something out of a fairytale.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

Vienna's giant wonder wheel had a starring role in one of the greatest noir movies of all time.

For 20 years, this whale skeleton has been slowly dripping oil on the floor of the museum where it hangs.

Countless grotesque faces stare out from this eerie Prague art wall.

Many historians today consider Sverre as Norway's greatest king of all time. 

An ominous concrete cube cuts a dystopian silhouette atop this California mountain.

While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.

Mexico City's residents are being watched by this state surveillance headquarters, designed by architects with a flair for intimidation.

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

This mountain tram provides stunning views while hanging from a single, steel thread.

A jaw-dropping brutalist space church seems to have crash-landed in the middle of America.

This historic toy museum brings a little whimsy to a city not usually remembered for such things.

Located in the thermoelectric factory that once powered the entire city, this Portuguese museum is shockingly fascinating.

The third version of this tall sailing ship sits, rusted and burnt, in Lake Ontario.

Tucked away in a Prague park, a statue beloved by romantics honors a poet so nice they buried him twice.

These half-buried combine harvesters just off Route 66 are an homage to the Cadillac Ranch.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

A small memorial to a deadly night in Serbia that shook the world before it was swept under the rug.

The oldest teak bridge in the world is made from the remains of a royal palace.

This beautiful, historic church looks like something out of a simpler past.

One of few remaining antique carousels with stationary animals in the U.S.

The Japanese mayo factory famous for its cute mascot.