Places Edited by renkessler

A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

An acoustic anomaly with a mysterious cause sits in the heart of Tulsa.

There just so happens to be a court even higher than the U.S Supreme Court: a basketball court in the building itself.

Home to secret Eastern Bloc spy equipment and the largest stretch of the original Berlin Wall outside of Germany.

A Saint Nicholas-themed ghost town in the Mojave desert.

This historic tower in the California desert promises visitors a "vortex of good vibes".

Mined to a depth of 240 meters with a perimeter of about 1.6 km, the largest hand-dug excavation in the world.

Once one of the largest producers of pig iron in the world.

Home to the infamous "Typhoid Mary" and the worst loss of life in New York's history prior to September 11, 2001.

Picturesque ruins once held off mighty armies.

Japanese company creates clone dolls that reside in the "uncanny valley."

The decaying ruins of Wales' first asylum for the mentally ill.

A giant gun barrel in Barbados that once hoped to shoot outer space with science.

A playground built by the kids that is a child's wonderland, and a helicopter parent's nightmare.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

Prone to disastrous fires, the city of San Francisco has the Guardian, a fireboat gifted by residents, to watch over them from the bay.

Abandoned ship reimagined as a street art canvas.

A strange and haunting monument of unknown origin in the historic Graceland Cemetery.

The story of Two Guns, Arizona could easily be described as a Shakespearian tragedy on Route 66.

Where there's quartz, there must be gold. Thus is the story of the mines of Julian, and the titillating times of the Gold Rush.

An old-timey medicine shop that once served Chinese laborers during the Gold Rush is still open for business to this day.

The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.