Places Edited by Rachel James

Petting this mysterious iron monkey supposedly brings good luck.

These muddy eruptions are less deadly than actual volcanoes but also more holy.

Once one of the largest producers of pig iron in the world.

This "thrice-cursed" island is allegedly home to Captain Kidd's lost treasure.

A bay of elaborate, historic toilets are held in high esteem at this Scottish dock.

Puzzles within puzzles hide a golden treasure in this hedge maze.

Reclaimed by nature, the ruins of Doodletown, New York are remnants of a town consumed by a state park.

What was once a unique system of urban elevators is turning into a mechanical ruin.

Beijing's expansive subterranean hiding spot now crumbles away as a tourist destination.

An unsettling painting of three faceless sisters that is surrounded by history and legend.

Hidden behind a wall for decades, this masonic lodge was only rediscovered during renovations.

The Hudson River School comes alive at this palatial estate.

A man-made island fort that has housed soldiers, scientists, and ravers.

This corn maze so big you may want to pack a lunch, and possibly a flaregun.

A museum dedicated to the Spanish occult in a town that was terrorized by the Inquisition.

Cold War missile launch site which has been converted to a public park.

Locals purchased this abandoned quarry in order to make sure it continues to be overgrown.

One of only two remaining Victorian-era greenhouses in New York.

A huge wooden clock that is so beautiful its creator was forcibly blinded.

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

The oldest lighthouse on America's west coast no longer needs keepers, yet they maintain the site anyhow.

A temple devoted to inner esoteric mysteries located in a California commercial strip.

I fought the law and the precinct caved in.

A floundering Polish shipyard was once the soul of the Solidarity movement that capsized communism.