Places Edited by Rachel James

No one messes with the Massachusetts sacred cod, not this time...

Austin’s nonprofit-run graffiti park where street art is meant to be painted over.

An ancient neolithic tomb that only sees the sun twice a year.

A historic house devoted to the teachings of a 1700's prophetess and her mysterious box of revelations.

A unrivaled and rather horrifying collection of wax dermatological models.

The Burnside Fountain and its questionable interpretation.

An eccentric collection of antique items shares space with a prop-quality witchcraft museum.

A Korean rock bassist's wild dream has become a reality at this completely insane boutique hotel.

The mental institution where Van Gogh created some of his most famous work now allows guests to walk in the artist's footsteps.

The most isolated mailbox in America lets desert travelers record their passing.

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

Forgotten jail cells beneath this Scottish town hall are now used for delightfully artful storage.

This massive boulder is either a unique rock formation created by glacial melt or a magic energy vortex.

The Buddhist temples of Yamadera, built into a mountain side, feature a viewing deck with sweeping views.

The community pools that the community refused to give up on.

This Slovak bridge is known both for its connection to a national uprising and its UFO-shaped eatery.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

Mysteriously stacked storefront paths give this medieval British town an iconic style like none other.

This otherwise unremarkable ski town building marks the site of Butch Cassidy's first robbery.

South Korea's love of the silly photograph is on full display at this goofy collection of trompe l'oeil paintings.

Very likely the only museum in the world that celebrates the glory of the humble banjo.

This former stomping grounds of the most eminent astronomers of the early 20th century.

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

This open air archeological site houses almost as much wildlife as it does classical religious artifacts.