Places Edited by Rachel James

A modest reminder of treacherous waters at the Golden Gate.

Largest magic museum in the United States with more than half a million pieces of memorabilia.

The highest paved road in North America winds its way up Mount Blue Sky in Colorado to an altitude of 14,130 feet above sea level.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

A 300-ship graveyard, with a few still visible at low tide.

Big gun installations, built over a massive cemetery, now abandoned & hidden in trees.

A Mormon place of exile in Missouri.

The Uros people live on floating reed islands in lake Titicaca.

Discover for yourself what Herb Caen referred to as "the best kept secret in the Bay Area."

A unique Tuscan hideaway acts as an art mecca as well as a hotel.

North Central Florida's largest flea market and a weekend roadtripper's dream.

A Red Cross memorial museum at the site of the Niš concentration camp that operated for four eventful years during World War II.

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.

The one-time watch house for incoming ships at the Golden Gate now stands abandoned and hidden in trees.

A store that sells all manner of bones, insects, and animal curiosities.

This series of Scottish caves has no clear purpose other than baffling historians.

A wellspring of creativity in an already artsy East London neighborhood.

Museum houses an impressive display of the origin and artistry from the now-quaint invention's history.

Home of Jake the Alligator Man, the mummified remains of a cigar smoking, cross-dressing celebrity of the Northwestern coast.

Explore nearly 400 years of English middle-class home life.

Abandoned bridge hidden deep in the San Gabriel Mountains.

This memorial park stands on the site of one of the largest mass executions of the Second World War.

An alchemist's “magic door” stands in the middle of a Roman park.

This limestone cave offers an incredible view of the Río Grande de Arecibo valley.