Places Edited by Michael Inscoe

Crawl through the hole in the middle of this stone to break off a bad relationship or initiate a good one.

A meow-velous tribute to a beloved street cat, made famous on the internet.

On the side of Arkansas' Great River Road stand the remains of a forgotten World War II POW Camp.

Though technically an illegal structure, this eclectic DIY apartment complex is beloved by its residents.

This Birdsill Holly fire hydrant is the remnant of a very different type of hydration innovation.

The attic and basement house two museums stuffed with oddities like swallowed spoon handles and a shrunken head.

This 50-ton ship on Orcas Island has never seen the ocean.

The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.

This unusual 7th-century Frankish seal offers more questions than answers about its past.

A real-life replica of a home from Hayao Miyazaki's beloved movie "My Neighbor Totoro."

Puffin enthusiasts flock to Europe's largest seabird cliff, which over one million birds call home.

A Frankenstein blend of science and art allows one tree to produce 40 different types of stone fruit.

A visionary Italian architect created an impressive cluster of concrete structures for a family's private tomb.

An ever-growing literary collection housed in the apartment where the Russian author penned his final novel.

People escaping slavery passed through the oldest house in Lombard, Illinois on their northbound journey to freedom.

The ruins of this prominent glass factory yield hidden treasures buried among the jungle floor.

Every winter, the wind carves blocks of frozen water into beautiful abstract shapes inside this unusually curved tunnel.

A small museum dedicated to the whimsical tool that turns sugar cookies into works of art.

A half-acre utopia in the New Mexico desert features a graveyard, a game of horseshoes, a library, and a mailbox.

These Benedictine nuns have been making artisanal cheeses since before it was cool.

Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.

Mirrored floors and arched shelves create the illusion of an infinite tunnel of books.

Make your own fake treats at this factory and workshop in the epicenter of Japan's food replica industry.

This underwater cave in Madagascar is home to what is thought to be the country's largest fossil graveyard.