Places Edited by Rachel James

The oldest Naval cemetery on the West Coast.

Buy your friend a drink or staple some cash to the wall for the next guy at the Salty Dawg Saloon.

A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.

Italy's "New Mountain" rose from the ground in a volcanic eruption in 1538.

Museum on French naval history, with magnificent figureheads, a historic diving suit, and a boat used by Napoleon.

An 1883 schoolhouse now home to collective of artists.

Go surfing on this urban wave, "hacked" by local surfers.

Former abode of notable poet, complete with literary references and stories of ghosts.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

A working metal shop and venue for outrageous art and music shows in a former cannonball factory.

Glass and concrete building designed by Albert Kahn.

The largest dune field in the Mojave offers a chance of hearing the 'singing sands.'

A place of great reverence for Trekkies everywhere, a hero's future birthplace.

This dilapidated castle-like structure overlooks the Hudson River at one of its widest points and was once home to nuns.

This outpost of America's most popular fast-food restaurant is housed inside a palatial mansion.

Rock-hewn monastery complex with hundreds of cave structures tucked away into the mountainside.

An abandoned horticulture institute gloomily presides over rows of derelict and vine-wrought greenhouses.

Bohol's unusually shaped hills turn brown in the summer months.

Water of undetermined depth has attracted rare fish and cult leaders alike.

A glimpse into the lives of the the Miwok and Paiute people in Yosemite National Park.

The tea room that pushed the boundaries of adorable straight into... we can't find the words.

A fine, large-aperture telescope available for public use.

A striking series of six bridges connect islands in Indonesia.

In Washington's Yakima Valley lies a town "where dinosaurs roam."