Places Edited by Rachel James

Sculptures, jams, and the wild west collide at this folksy retreat.

This elaborate temple was built around one of the Buddha's teeth.

A mysterious drive-in nestled in the forest that leaves little to the imagination.

"Iron Age" creatures fill this huckster's rusted metal sculpture garden.

This collection of historic puppets honors centuries of the craft.

Macbeth's infamous "Great Birnam Wood."

An idyllic hotel that gave its name to a supposed shadow government.

A lone pole once used to display a man's corpse now stands empty, but the memory remains.

A small island with no monkeys but plenty of military ruins.

A shrine to a skeleton saint in the city of angels.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

From carts to cars, this leftover Roman bridge in France has managed to survive for centuries.

A preserved building where the dead were once watched for signs of life.

An 18th century monument regularly tagged with unsettling graffiti referencing a 1940s unsolved murder.

This massive mushroom has spent centuries eating its way across a huge swath of Oregon.

Fake rail crossings mark the site of an influential doctor's demise.

This municipal playground was co-created by the father of one of the most playful characters ever.

One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.

From lefty Jewish gathering site to hip cultural site in just 80 years.

After the devastating 2011 earthquake, historic Christchurch begins to recover, starting with the pop-up Re:START mall.

The stately birthplace of California's statehood.

The oldest library in Scotland was built from the remains of a church to hold a churchman's library.

The home of a neoclassical master is now a shrine to his chosen art style.

This museum has a most unusual location: inside a giant, three-headed elephant.