Places Edited by Rachel James

Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.

A hotly contested micro-nation off the coast of Montserrat.

An otherwise quiet campground becomes a bustling medieval town for two weeks every year.

A sprawling Baroque park with 300-year-old hydro-pneumatic waterworks.

Landbridge created by the South Korean version of Moses.

This former medical factory gives home to cutting edge arts in the shadow of a gas works.

Nature’s skyscraper launches out of the terrain with attitude.

Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.

This religious museum resides in a church crypt next to the founder's house.

“And the Lord said unto Johan, build for thee an ark for the end of the world is approaching.”

A remote crossroads honoring a fallen talent.

The remaining relics of the patroness of Paris lie in a chapel under a striking double spiral staircase.

The century-old bell and clock tower at UC Berkeley is the third-tallest in the world, and has fossils.

Formerly known as National D-Day Museum, this collection commemorates the battles of Normandy and WWII.

This giant bronze Buddha, the third largest in Japan, is the last in an ill-fated series of statues.

A ring of creosote bushes that are estimated to be 11,700 years old.

An ambiguous ambience emanates from this centuries old leprosy quarantine.

A massive Montreal stadium that has seen nothing but trouble since its inception.

One of Hollywood’s favorite government buildings.

An abandoned saucer-shaped monument in the Bulgarian mountains.

A New Zealand couple's shell-adorned home living room, now on display at the Canterbury Museum.

Temple of a million beers.

A cave interior in the shape of the ancient rhinoceros, created by lava cooling around its carcass.

A high-end clothing boutique with a curious basement art installation.