Places Edited by Michael Inscoe

Reclaimed by nature, the ruins of Doodletown, New York are remnants of a town consumed by a state park.

One of only two remaining Victorian-era greenhouses in New York.

A sprawling nature preserve harbors the world's only living dragons.

A modern ghost town whose inhabitants were driven away by the growth of nuclear power.

The arboretum whose marshy soil sucked up the dreams of housing developers.

An obscure waterfall that looks like something out of a fantasy novel.

A ship that lived many lives under many names is now known merely as the "Ghost Ship."

Edgar Allan Poe's old dorm is now a shrine to the author's legacy.

One man's real life disfigurement inspired a lasting local legend surrounding an eerie tunnel.

Stunning wetlands ablaze with pink lotus flowers.

A French library that makes sure its love of books is writ large... giant in fact.

Once featuring over 60 miniature replicas of famous Chinese locations, the Splendid China theme park was completely abandoned and is now mostly rubble.

An out-of-place slice of France, smack in the middle of Shanghai.

At one South African whaling station, this industrial extermination led to a feeding frenzy that may have even been a key inspiration for Jaws.

Among the ostentatious rococo ornamentation of this church, an image of death cuts the life-thread.

A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

The haunting, dilapidated remains of a former poorhouse on Staten Island's Greenbelt.

The longest continuous underwater road in North America was built at the insistence of Franklin Roosevelt.

Take shelter from Hawai'i's tropical heat under the massive canopy of largest Banyan tree on the island.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

An accidentally hidden library containing the ephemeral history of New York.

The first pet cemetery in the United States.

A discreet little stairway on St. Nicholas Avenue leads to a quaint and unexpected cobblestone street of 19th century wooden rowhouses.