Places Edited by Michael Inscoe

This underground oasis is one of North America’s most fascinating prehistoric places—and you can scuba dive in it.

This abandoned racetrack looks like it is set to hold competitions in the apocalypse.

The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.

A fantastic Christmas tradition where defecation meets the manger.

Costumed elves and mountain bikers co-exist peacefully at this abandoned Christmas-themed adventure park.

An old vending machine serves up unpredictable beverages from its seemingly magical insides.

A failed piece of Orientalism has become the proud symbol of a community.

This massive underground salt mine now holds a sci-fi theme park in its depths.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

This abandoned factory on the Hudson River once churned out a million bricks a week.

Feed it cash, get your very own gold bar.

A large instrument played by the wind.

This little Vancouver shack is a temple to all things Hendrix.

The once-grand remains of this resort are slowly turning into the strange ruins of the future.

A pre-Industrial Age iron furnace and the site of a nearly-forgotten piece of Black history.

The walkable ruins of an 19th century hotel, destroyed in a horse cremation gone wrong.

This bar and museum are devoted to the controversial comic book work of Kája Saudek.

This half-finished "city of toys" was almost Italy's own Las Vegas.

This UFO landing strip was created by a charitable Wyoming city that was worried about residents of Jupiter.

A statue in the heart of Edinburgh honors a bear that served in the Polish military during World War II.

This fairy-tale castle would make Dracula (who is said to have been imprisoned there) jealous.

There's a mini version of Iguazu Falls hidden in the Balkans, and it's got a rope swing.

What's that on the side of that building? Va Va Voom, it's Bettie!

This burger joint is named after everyone's favorite carnival prize and is adorned with a giant one over the door.