Places Edited by Michael Inscoe

The final remnant of the Arkansas zinc industry is this historically protected ghost town.

Central Europe's largest collection of mini-bottles is on display at this museum devoted to a bitter Hungarian liquor.

This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.

The first artificial white water river course in North America cuts right through an Indiana city.

Home of Dutchy, an exhumed Confederate statue that was once torn down by an angry mob for looking stupid.

This Danish art forest places loud works of contemporary art among the pensive silence of nature.

Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.

A giant bug impaled on a 75-foot-tall needle.

The ruins of this abandoned fort now stand as a picturesque reminder of America's march West.

Once a mortuary that held the remains of Buffalo Bill, this Denver hotspot is now a death-fixated restaurant.

The oldest pub in Ireland may also be the oldest surviving bar in the entire world.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

This Prague museum collects brutalist relics and memories from the country's former Soviet rule.

This highest bridge in the world spans such a great chasm that it had to be established using rockets.

This once-grand marvel of engineering is now 41 miles of scenic hiking trail.

This abandoned fort is said to be the most haunted place in India, so much so that entry is prohibited after sunset.

A calico cat named Tama was the wildly popular Super Station Master at this train stop in southeast Japan.

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

Over 80,000 carved wood blocks make up one of the world's oldest intact Buddhist canons.

This giant expressionist head crowns a museum devoted to a beloved Mexican leader.

The largest bottled beer collection in the world holds over 22,000 unique beer bottles.

A marvel of technology a century ago, this disused power station now offers a lovely glimpse into the industrial design of the past.

This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.

There has been an astronomical clock on this spot since the 14th century.