Places Edited by Rachel James

400 million-year old limestone caverns nestled in the Ozarks served as shelter and a hideout for cultures throughout North American history.

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

Medical history with an amazing, if frighting, collection of wax diseases on display.

A medieval village holds a very modern hotel.

Christ's blood allegedly preserved in a Belgian town.

A Spanish artist builds his own castle.

Research station devoted to mysterious floating lights seen in a Norwegian valley.

A breathtaking canyon offers stunning views and frightful pathways through an ecological paradise.

A fantastical group of cliffside stairways, bridges, and twisting paths carved out of stone provide a surreal coastal hike.

Twisted buildings adorn the banks of the Rhine river.

A museum dedicated to a sea that should have never been.

Island of trash twice the size of Texas floats in the Pacific.

A solar-powered primary school inspires hope and experimentation in a country ripe for energy innovation.

An abandoned building that once tightened a power line that stretched across Messina Strait.

This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.

A quirky house created entirely out of glass bottles combines a collector's spirit with an artist's flair.

In the most arid desert on the planet, the world's leading telescope allows astronomers to see more than has ever been seen before.

Is it an island or a volcano? That question probably explains why it's uninhabited.

Walls of stone rise up from sinkholes caused by underwater erosion.

Numerous sculptures set along hiking trails symbolize and idealize the relationship between man and nature.

These "50 Fortresses" have been unearthed in the ancient oasis of Khwarezm.

These medieval skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this small Tuscan town.

Disaster prevention apartment blocks in Sumida Ward are designed to save as many as possible in the face of the inevitable.

Model Trains and Much More in Hamburg.