Places Edited by Rachel James

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

One man's exploration of the human form, including the bizarre and delightful "Man Attacked by Babies."

1920's mining camp and environmental education center is serving to protect the surrounding forest, one of the last of its kind in the Pacific Northwest.

A mysterious stele of unknown origin sits on the peak of this curious mountain.

Native Americans built this circle of stones, which was used to predict astronomical events.

Condemned US Navy seaplane control tower turned officers’ club sits atop Yerba Buena Island.

This quaint archive of the silent era preserves and pays homage to a seminal moment in film history.

The "World's Largest Underground Business Complex," a 55,000,000-square-foot city underneath Missouri.

Nursery with extensive collection of flesh-eating plants operated by the author of "The Savage Garden."

Abandoned castle was once a grand example of Russian privilege, built exclusively to win a frivolous bet between noblemen.

These "anatomical machines" are only one of the many strange items in this Italian crypt.

Around 100 sculptures from artists all over the world decorate the hiking trails surrounding this locale.

A mysterious monument meant to be a guide into "an Age of Reason" was destroyed after an apparent bombing.

This peculiar lake of pitch is so thick and viscous that one can walk on its surface.

The sign at the garden gate reads: “These Plants Can Kill.”

The first "Hall of Fame" in America was designed by legendary Gilded Age architect Stanford White for what was then the NYU uptown campus.

A performance hall at the American Jewish University moonlights as a sci-fi film location set.

Rising from the sea like a stone monster.

Mennes invented the tags we all place annually upon our license plates, and his story is told frankly and in full upon his headstone.

North America's first frozen mummified remains of an ice age steppe bison, the 36,000 year-old mummy named "Blue Babe."

The world's smallest movie theater runs on solar power—an attraction in itself.

A scenic fort on the harbor protected Philadelphia from an attack that never came.

Collective dedicated to restoring steam engines.

A local farm's collection of unusual structures from a now defunct storybook amusement park.