Places Edited by Rachel James

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

More than 5,000 contemporary and "historic" mustards from around the world.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

A gleaming white and undulating tower marks the border between Georgia and Turkey.

This tiny Bulgarian town offers a stunning location in the mountains and a storied history.

Relics of Australia's convict past, and a modern scene of unimaginable horror.

Unusual building appears to be haphazardly built from randomly piled bricks.

Earth's greatest purely vertical drop at 4,101 feet.

An arresting arch punched straight through a mountain provides one of the most scenic spots, and challenging climbs, on the planet.

A shipwreck named Desire at the shore of Batumi.

This parking garage has given itself over to graffiti artists and the neighborhood can't thank them enough.

A decidedly out of place statue memorializes the Blues Brothers characters at this water bottling plant.

Half of a waterfall goes into the river while the other half seems to disappear.

An enormous artwork that colorfully celebrates over 150 years of US military achievements.

Luxury hotel turned into a refugee camp, then turned back into a luxury hotel.

The charmingly disheveled clock tower of Tbilisi's puppet theater.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

One of the last few places in Manhattan that employed a pneumatic systemic keeps it on display.

Deco Modern sculptures of the people of the Pacific, cast for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition.

Unexplained bald patches in the landscape grow and recede over time, as though they are somehow alive.

A beautiful maze marks where three countries meet.

A 9 year-old boy’s elaborate cardboard arcade in his father’s used auto parts store.

The once-dying town of Sheffield, Tasmania has reinvented itself as a village of painted wonders.

A Viking-themed bar in a canal town for those retreating from the hustle and bustle of Shanghai.