Places Edited by Rachel James

This massive mall has hundreds of shops, an amusement park, and a history of deadly amusement attractions.

What's that on the side of that building? Va Va Voom, it's Bettie!

This igloo-shaped landmark in Iqaluit serves as the seat of the Diocese of the Arctic.

This micro-nation may be some sort of prank, but its constitution sure seems official.

Once the future of underwater combat, this old sub is now open for visitors to muck around in.

One of the largest public collection of historic armored and military vehicles in North America.

The remains of this deep, dark mine have left behind a haunting rocky warren of tunnels.

Once the longest bridge in Ireland, this rusting span sits abandoned and overrun by nature.

The saltiest lake in all of Crimea is also the pinkest of the pink and teeming with life.

A muddy alien landscape that is home to rare species of exotic plants.

Home to the story of the outlaw turned funhouse mummy, Elmer McCurdy.

A small, peaceful sculpture garden with a grim memorial to a disaster that took place a few blocks away.

The first green space constructed on an elevated viaduct.

Warsaw's fantastically preserved gasworks...almost.

The largest flower auction house in the world.

This once bustling boomtown hotel is now the hottest spot in Nevada for ghost hunters.

The location of the last witch trials of Italy, known as "The Salem of Europe."

This dark, damp, perilous tunnel is the only passage from north to south Tajikistan.

Created by four famous men, the beautifully designed Buffalo State Asylum was resurrected as a hotel and art center, but still boasts a ghost story or two.

The largest collection of political commercials in the world.

A rock outcropping left by a glacier that made itself useful throughout the centuries.

Bad farming practices caused this unnatural natural wonder.

The ruins of a creative scholar's fantastical unfinished sanctuary act as his massive gravestone.

This museum chronicles the history of a leprosy quarantine hospital that then became a refuge.