Places Edited by Molly McBride Jacobson

An enigmatic modern marker left next to a historic Roman site.

Putting the "mod" in "modular" since 2000.

This backwater graveyard in the Hamptons became a trendy burial spot and posthumous status symbol for famous artists.

A whimsical sensor instrument for Minneapolitans to play on their walks to work.

The Cuban revolutionary looks over the country from its highest peak.

An architect transformed this abandoned cement factory into his castle-like workshop.

An abandoned amusement park based on the popular 1940s Red Ryder comic strip.

The largest piece of no man's land left on Earth.

Room 32 of the Alta Cienega Motel has grown into a shrine to the Lizard King.

The nude sculpture on this fountain shocked conservative townsfolk when it was first unveiled, but not as much as the dead body found in it decades later.

St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.

A tomb in the shape of a traditional Mexican hat and shawl for the father of modern rancheras.

A former mental hospital founded in the 1930s by a eugenicist who advocated for the forced sterilization of patients.

The humble Hoosier roots of a famed Broadway composer.

A strange rock formation with numerous legends trying to explain it.

Camera cars and condom bikes built from scrap and one man's passion.

A Christian retreat founded to welcome refugees fleeing from the Nazis during World War II.

One of America’s oldest and spookiest hotels, thanks to the residency of ghosts, dead presidents, and Alfred Hitchcock.

An eerie, existential museum dedicated to the author of "The Metamorphosis."

A mysterious spot where the laws of gravity seem not to apply.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

A town honors its legacy of traditional American Indian pipe carving with one gigantic pipe.

An unexpectedly extraterrestrial room in a former Victorian resort club.

A steampunk-styled three-floor factory churning out art, activism, and electronic beats.