Places Edited by Michael Inscoe

This Delaware River bridge is emblazoned with a catty slogan from a more prosperous time.

The largest Star Wars collection in the world is its own galaxy of collectibles.

This natural sea cave hides a small wonderland of natural turquoise beauty.

A stunning 18th-century site where pilgrims ascend by a series of punishing stairs only to return via funicular.

This free, take-a-book shop seems like a trick but isn't.

From bench to vandalism to art, this silly prank seat was funny enough to become permanent.

A complicated, forgotten beacon of hope for thousands of immigrants, "Canada's Emerald Isle" lies in ruin.

The world's most charming instant portrait studio also happens to be its smallest.

Rent out a glass igloo to watch the Northern Lights like you live in the future.

An informal walk of fame in front of a Hollywood office building remembers a comedic great and his associates.

The world's largest collection of fine-scale miniatures and one the nation's largest collections of antique toys.

Hidden beneath a bridge, this waterfall is known for the large amounts of graffiti painted on its base.

Kentucky's anomalous peninsula projecting into the Mississippi River, site of legendary earthquakes and local feuds.

The beautiful 1920 Pantages Theatre remains hidden just underneath the LA Downtown Jewelry Exchange.

A small square plaque marks a failed assassination attempt that could have changed history.

The bears may be gone, but their old cages can still be found.

An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.

The only remaining building in New York to see the inauguration of a president is being slowly overtaken by a grocery store.

The second tallest railway trestle bridge in America.

The oldest Christian monastery in Iraq until ISIS blew it up twice and then drove over it with bulldozers.

With the chapel itself being left to moulder, the cemetery of this abandoned church might be the freshest part.

Where now stands a 42-story condominium tower of marble, glass and steel was once the central market of New York’s slave trade.

This abandoned Poconos resort is haunted by a history of kitschy romance and a violent fugitive.

From economic backbone of a community to deadly diving hole, these former stone quarries are now a park for rock climbers and graffiti artists.