Places Edited by Nick Jackson

Turnip-shaped island just off the Michigan shore in Lake Huron.

This one-time health resort was used by aristocrats around the world.

Burial grounds for more than 1,000 bodies deep under the modern town of Rabat.

World's largest porcine hairball sits in a collection maintained by Benedictine monks.

Former prison camp dedicated to the victims of political repression.

Harlem park dedicated to compulsive hoarders killed by their own junk.

International delicatessen has been owned and operated by the same family for more than 110 years.

This historic, palatial theater is now one of the world’s most beautiful bookstores.

Hundreds of thousands of ancient documents offer a unique glimpse into Jewish life in Cairo.

Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt.

Amateur taxidermy museum known for its large collection of white squirrels.

Successful artist residence program has filled this ranch with dozens of sculptures over the years.

Japan and South Korea both lay claim to islands inhabited by one woman.

Abstract dinosaur models in London.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

Statue of Edgar Hernandez, the first victim of swine flu.

Eclectic musical collection ranging from hurdy gurdies and orphicas to the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio.

British Empire's last territorial expansion, claimed by four countries.

Competitors race wooden replicas of pungent blue cheese.

Small transmitter operated by a priest in the Netherlands.

Old and brave breed of warhorses known for their elegant, curved ears.

World Trade Center memorial likened to a woman's sexual organ.

Final resting place of Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton.

Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.