Places Edited by Sam O'Brien

An old slaughterhouse now holds the largest collection of pig artifacts.

This Boston medical museum features the skull of the famous medical case of Phineas Gage.

Icelandic settlement in Manitoba established in 1875.

Gaze upon chocolate sculptures depicting everything from chariot races to Gaudí's famous church at this shrine to sweets.

Giant art made in Japanese rice fields.

This Armenian monastery was carved out of cliffs and named after the spear used to stab Jesus.

Each year a new straw behemoth is born.

The largest greenhouse in the world is home to over one million types of plants.

The world's first underground farm is in a World War II bomb shelter beneath the streets of London.

The world's brightest bioluminescent bay.

Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.

An unlikely hit, this museum is dedicated to the inventor of instant ramen and cup noodles.

Mountain of unimaginable riches that bankrolled the Spanish Empire, complete with its own underworld god.

This one-time health resort was used by aristocrats around the world.

The sister plane of the C-123 shot down during the Iran-Contra Affair has found a new purpose in retirement.

At 8,000 feet, the world's highest tea estate draws visitors for both its products and its panoramic views.

World's tallest monolithic statue has served as a pilgrimage site since its completion in 993 CE.

Danish observation tower designed to look like a giant beer bottle.

A bronze monument to the infamous radio broadcast in the real New Jersey town where the fictional Martians crash-landed.

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

The factory for the popular Dumbo location, the Greenpoint shop is a quiet gem.

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

Series of storm drains connected to a dark urban legend.

Renowned restaurant tucked in a cave once occupied by buccaneers.