Places Edited by Rachel James

Residential building on the Regents Canal is a breeding ground for creativity and innovation.

Artistic Oasis in Industrial Ballard.

This hospital helped pave the way for treatment that drove down child-mortality rates in 19th and 20th centuries.

Historic church where a number of Shakespeare's actors are buried.

Lehigh Valley barge No. 79 still gets tugged along - but now it houses a museum and unusual performances.

The longest continuous underwater road in North America was built at the insistence of Franklin Roosevelt.

Retribution for death of infamous mob boss Franie Yale was a case of mistaken identity.

Take shelter from Hawai'i's tropical heat under the massive canopy of largest Banyan tree on the island.

The exorbitant price of paradise.

This little-known relic crypt holds stolen parts of a Roman Empress.

The lesser-known cousin of the Great Pacific trash island.

A quarter-scale locomotive wonderland built by one man and his family.

This solitary monastery may hold the remains of Vlad the Impaler (but probably not).

The natural history museum displaying the British bird collections and dioramas of Edward Booth, free of charge.

This Canary island is a quintessential example of nature’s beauty, and its unbridled fury.

Indiana's shrine to the sport that has become a hallmark of their culture.

This hospital fell into ruins after failing to act as the advocate for the mentally ill it was designed to be.

An abandoned water park overtaken by the dunes.

A steampunk wonderland that preserves America's history of industrial innovation.

A magical world of elves and fairies tucked amongst the trees in Colombia.

An unfortunate geological resemblance to Satan has labeled this Pasadena gorge as a passage to the underworld.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

Children's literature inside, forest all around.

Send a postcard while vacationing with Satan.