Places Edited by RouxBedrosian

Crouch down, stretch tall, and be sure to flail your legs to pay homage to the Monty Python classic.

An exotic jungle hideaway run entirely by indigenous Kichwa women.

Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.

Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.

After years of being casually peed on by humans, this tree is peeing back.

Thousands of jack o'lanterns light up Halloween at this historic West Virginia home.

This spiritual landmark for practicers of Shamanism is drenched in milk and vodka and covered in blue scarves.

Morocco's Argania trees are infested with nut-hungry goats.

This futuristic German spa allows visitors to float in a pool of salt water while zoning out to underwater techno.

Spanking machines, fake goats, and more devices of humiliation are on display in this museum of fraternal initiation devices.

For a couple of months each year this Swedish city turns into a festive neon phantasmagoria.

This modern monument to pagan belief looks like it was transported straight from ancient times.

This New York holdover was built to provide housing for shopgirls and still does not allow men above the lobby.

A condom-covered Thai restaurant that is more concerned with birth control than food.

An outdoor sculpture park of giant pink robots and post-apocalyptic Christmas scenes.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

A tropical paradise just a short trip from the opera house is filled with beautiful winged creatures.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

The skull of the patron saint of lovers lies in the Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin—maybe.

An alien landscape of chalk-rock in the Egyptian desert.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.

Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.

The original film set of Luke Skywalker's Tatooine home from the 'Star Wars' trilogy.