Places Edited by Rachel James

An incarceration museum on the spot of possibly the oldest prison in England.

This ancient Chinese observatory still contains early astronomy technology.

This lighthouse was witness to the end of WWII hostilities and now collects creepy cairns.

This massive fiberglass Gulliver turns every visitor into a Lilliputian.

A scalable map of Colombia with the bonus of a butterfly house.

The palace of the King of Kings, burned by Alexander the Great.

A town saturated in Italian rationalist architecture was once marshland drained by Mussolini.

The preserved house of a jazz legend still echoes with his music.

Terrapins of all colors and shapes are quick to bring fascination (and possibly long life) at this museum.

Are these prehistoric metal pipes evidence of alien plumbers? Nope, but they are amazing nonetheless.

A decommissioned submarine base makes a great space for graffiti art.

A theme park made of glass, from the gleaming books on the shelves to the crystal fish in the mirror lake.

A former Oz-themed attraction that has fallen into disrepair, but still holds some of the original magic.

A Biblically notable site over the ruins of an ancient city that is now a protected World Heritage site.

Found art has transformed this Pittsburgh neighborhood into a psychedelic dream.

The once highest point in China blends symbolic design with a kick of adrenaline.

New Zealand's epic shrine to all things puzzling.

A collection of housewares from recent Irish history adjoined by a tower from ancient Irish history.

The haunting, dilapidated remains of a former poorhouse on Staten Island's Greenbelt.

The creek where a shark wreaked terror upon New Jersey, and served as the inspiration for "Jaws."

The world's longest outdoor covered escalator system transports commuters through Hong Kong's hilly terrain.

An outdoor sculpture park of giant pink robots and post-apocalyptic Christmas scenes.

It seems that the residents of of this megalopolis suddenly vanished, but they were never actually there.

Europe's second largest ossuary wasn't discovered until 2001.