Places Edited by Rachel James

More sculpture than building, this architecturally significant temple was built on the spot of Saint Peter's crucifixion.

A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.

The world's largest natural arch was forgotten for over 50 years after its discovery.

Delicate Wurlitzers, creepy clowns, and The Noid all share space in this insane explosion of kitsch history.

A lighthouse built to save lives that took quite a few with its treacherous location.

Each spring, a dreamlike carpet of bluebells overtakes the forest floor.

A colossal strolling Pinocchio that was greeted with more outrage than whimsy.

Elaborate tile work in this railway station tells the story of Portugal.

Museum design and public transportation meet in this unique Russian train car.

A unique collection of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and everything in-between.

The second-largest gold nugget in existence, displayed in a Las Vegas casino conveniently named the Golden Nugget.

A community-run museum invites visitors to explore Jewish communities before and after the Holocaust.

Numberless clock creates a meal of time for the dreaded, insectile Chronophage.

Modeled after a famous church in Vienna, Austria—but in Helena, Montana.

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

A mechanized clock where a man fights off a dragon, crab, and rooster.

A small museum filled with over 1,000 clocks, and one particular clock calibrated to run until the year 9999.

The oldest working mechanical clock in the world.

A sprawling Victorian farm that has been surrounded by a capital city is one of Canada's greatest treasures.

Records of the dead describe the myriad odd ways people used to die.

Quite possibly the last cross all humans will ever see.

Japan's corrupt-mental-institution themed restaurant offers diners a chance to eat inside of filthy cells.

Now an entertainment complex, the Lingotto building was once an avant-garde auto factory with a test track on the roof.

A museum that cashes in on its infamous little people while teaching you a thing or two about the Irish fey.