Places Michael Inscoe Wants to Go

A 141-foot wave of crashing lumber guards the entrance to the Grand Place in Mons.

These molds for fiberglass statues have formed an eerie, accidental sculpture park.

The taxidermy remains of the first mammal ever cloned from an adult cell are on display in Edinburgh.

A war-torn Olympic relic is being overtaken by graffiti and nature.

A rotating cast of guys and dolls in front of a Washington, D.C. building.

A beautiful, dense forest in the shadow of Mount Fuji, with a tragic reputation.

This symbol of Yugoslav liberation decorated with 620 carved heads of mythical creatures is now a forlorn relic of another time.

An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.

A room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt.

A sculpture for the sun and stars, created by Nancy Holt.

Menacing or in memoriam, the Silent People and their meaning are left to interpretation.

A large instrument played by the wind.

A beautiful but toxic fountain of mercury.

Dead weights honor the dead of Portugal's fishing industry.

This likeness of the famous revolutionary is entirely made of recycled scraps of metal.

The walls of Germany's Parliament still show the scars of the Red Army takeover in World War II.

The world's largest statue of Mao Zedong looks out over the city where he discovered Communism.

This building holds the embalmed remains of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.

This unique historical monument features large concrete spheres designed to resemble fallen stars.

Machinery left over from California's once thriving mercury industry now attracts artists and explorers.

A bronze replica of half-consumed salt lick honors a quirky town tradition.

A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.

A tribute to a Ukrainian heroine who went undercover and killed several Nazi operatives.

Thirty creepy ghosts now inhabit this decaying 14th-century church.