Places Edited by Rachel James

A face emerges from the landscape when seen from the air.

An often-shuddersome journey into a low-tech, robotic themepark.

The Twisted Trees of Alticane are an unnerving grove of Quaking Aspen, apparently mutated from a single source, giving them a twisted and unnatural appearance.

Deep scars on the earth left by the Ice Age.

America's first federal monument.

Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.

A Moroccan getaway in the mountain range that plays the Himalayas' stunt double.

Mozart's skull may be held in this collection, but definitive proof continues to elude scientists.

The largest collection of hair jewelry in Europe reminds you how creepy 19th-century love was.

Glacial erratic or man-made dolmen? It probably wasn't druids.

Below a historic English market town lies a secret underground city complete with kitchens, laundries, storerooms, and an underground lake.

A self-made museum in Queens, New York continues to display the work of a sculptor known for paving his own way.

A library and shop devoted to the body, mortality, and bringing to light forgotten or neglected histories

No Gordon Lightfoot song, only a barebones monument to greed.

Hanging over one of Japan’s “hidden valleys,” these vine bridges must be remade every three years.

A psychological self-portrait in the form of a giant, segmented head.

Semi-mystical manmade towers of rocks decorate this rocky seaside.

Largest pre-Lent festival in the Dominican Republic.

The home of a deceased Hungarian artist is now on display for visitors.

A bronze statue dating back as far as 1252, still has remnants of gold on its right cheek from ancient gilding.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

This mountaintop lake bubbles and steams in a perpetual boil, thanks to its direct link to the Earth's interior.

This rare symbol of Eastern philosophy in the West has been created over years of painstaking construction by the local community.

Hungarian mummies in beautiful painted coffins.