Places Edited by mrobscurity

Henry Ford's failed rubber plantation in the middle of the Amazon rain forest.

The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.

Go surfing on this urban wave, "hacked" by local surfers.

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

38-story baroque tower reflecting Detroit's rise, fall, and possible rise again.

The world's largest drain sits below the city of Kasukabe, Japan.

This 17th-century street hidden beneath Edinburgh was once a breeding ground for the black death.

This everlasting lightning storm may be the world's largest generator of ozone.

Natural time capsule containing an alien ecosystem.

Oldest Protestant church in the Middle East, designed to resemble a synagogue.

These serpents are considered holy and pampered accordingly.

A huge museum of much more than just agriculture displayed in a princess's palace.

A beautiful but toxic fountain of mercury.

A Surreal flight of architectural fancy in Vietnam's Central Highlands.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

A military museum and library dedicated to the citizen soldier.

Over a thousand feet beneath the Detroit streets is a subterranean metropolis few are allowed to enter.

Hoax, mistake, or evidence of dinosaurs in human times?

17,400 lbs., 12 feet in diameter, and 29 years in the making.

This bridge provides safe passage for squirrels.

An explosion of natural color known as "the river that ran away from paradise."

Handsomely crafted representations of our round planet.