Places Edited by PrestonW

This impressive Boston holy house is the American mecca for Christian scientists.

Following the trail of an old metro line, this scenic path is haunted by a creepy spriggan statue.

Once in a state of dilapidation, this candy-inspired fortress is now being revived.

This empty Detroit high school was too expensive to maintain or destroy.

Amid the marketing blitz of modern Times Square is an elegant holdover from its showbiz glory days.

The legacy of a Moroccan Jewish community is remembered at this little mouldering cemetery.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

A dormant lightning machine equal to all the power in Russia.

The home of the Dead Sea Scrolls is an abstract modernist dream.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

This bronze statue was erected to honor a small Scottish town's beloved stray cat.

Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.

This life-size bronze statue remembers the tallest recorded human in his Illinois hometown.

The shockingly unspoiled Peruvian tomb of the Lord of Sipan was once guarded by a footless warrior.

This submersible road connecting a French island to the mainland is lined with safety towers for when the tide strands travelers.

The first Catholic church in Singapore is a Neo-Gothic colossus with a rich architectural history.

This Italianate Villa-style castle is pretty to look at, just keep off the private property.

A once great mansion stands in stately ruin.

The Flatiron Building's storied West Coast cousin is a lot more into religion.

A promotional sun clock on the site of San Francisco's great raceway.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

An urban forest overtakes what was the greatest failure of utopic urban housing.

Nestled in the heart of San Francisco’s bustling Financial District stands a unique homage to the Mayan and Beaux Arts.

The longest continuous underwater road in North America was built at the insistence of Franklin Roosevelt.