Places Edited by Rachel B. Doyle

The knock-off oil painting capital of the world.

This mining town boomed in the Atomic Age when uranium was gold, only to be abandoned when the industry collapsed.

This neo-Gothic former auto showroom is one of the few remaining reminders of Brooklyn's "Automobile Row."

Near the mouth of the Yodo River, this museum offers visitors six floors of hands-on learning about Osaka's raw sewage.

Defying all odds, this lonely little tree found a home on a log sticking out of a Canadian lake.

Rusting railcars and locomotive equipment fill this Ethiopian train graveyard.

Five sultans and their families rest in eternal splendor, teeming with overlooked beauty and drama.

This 40-foot fowl marks the so-called "wild goose capital of the world."

Striking ruins of a mansion that stood center stage in one of modern Brazil's most puzzling crimes.

Garden dedicated to native carnivorous plants and site of huge flytrap heist.

A collection of noses tucked inside an art museum reveals how times have changed.

A vast and unlikely aviation museum kept alive for over 50 years due to one man's tenacity.

When a medieval fire claimed the original St. Stephen’s Cathedral, it sparked a pattern of unquenchable organ building.

The library of every book lover's dreams.

An abandoned tank sits in an empty London lot as a symbolic middle finger to local city planners.

This stunning Brazilian library contains the largest collection of Portuguese texts outside of Portugal itself.

Nancy Thompson's Home from "A Nightmare on Elm Street."

Despite producing just a handful of movies, a brave and lyrical filmmaker has an entire museum dedicated to him.

Numberless clock creates a meal of time for the dreaded, insectile Chronophage.

A gallery specifically dedicated to the botanical illustrations of a remarkable traveling lady.

This "dead marsh" sits among the largest sand dunes in the world, a forest frozen in time.

Headquarters of the world's fourth largest Hasidic sect and the first of many "770s" around the world.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

Discover the taste of mold.