Places Edited by Rachel James

The remains of an entire Roman city can be explored in this interactive museum.

The history of radiation is on safe display at the foot of a radiation science laboratory.

This insurance company building reminds customers that witches, bears, and gnomes are out there, best be insured.

Los Angeles's oldest cemetery allows visitors to trace the history of this proud city.

Steinbeck's old stomping grounds, immortalized in Cannery Row.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

These rat eating Giant Malaysian Pitcher Plants may have evolved to eat shrew poop.

This conservatory allows a little bit of the tropics to thrive in the middle of a major Canadian city.

New Orleans' famous cemetery, located on the site of a former race track.

The site of a tragic massacre that spawned a multimedia franchise.

A 6-mile-long lake created by an apocalyptic seismic event and the deadly chain reaction that ensued.

This Mediterranean castle was built for a millionaire and his giant dog.

An eclectic mix of influences rot together in harmony in this India necropolis.

Home to Hollywood history and a very special salt crystal.

This country market harbors goats on its roof.

These medieval tunnels provided water to the city above through centuries of civil war and plague.

This massive, ancient stone was disassembled and then put back together again.

An obscure waterfall that looks like something out of a fantasy novel.

Padlocks cover this rickety footbridge with love.

Be it nature, art, or abandoned military architecture this eclectic German "museum" has you covered.

A giant 400-acre preserve in North Florida for displaced wolves.

One of the largest underground systems runs under Canada's largest urban center.

This remarkably simple jail went over a century without an escape.

An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.