Places Edited by Samantha Chong

After being lost for decades, this striking mural depicting the atomic bomb covers the wall of a busy Tokyo metro station.

A hill carving of the legendary dragon that terrorized the village of Bures in the Middle Ages.

A beautiful art space and unusual mini-hotel hidden in the city center of Dnipro.

The remains of a magnificent medieval fortress that was the capital of a vast empire.

Opulent period costumes and murals lead you on a journey through fashion history.

The behemoth beasts engaged in an epic battle is the second-tallest statue in the contiguous United States.

Brazil's only museum dedicated to the art and evolution of tattoos.

The world's oldest optical museum is an odd collection where the exhibits look at you.

An unusual abandoned church damaged in World War II sits in a small village outside Moscow.

Beirut's thinnest building was the result of feuding brothers.

This underwater cave in Madagascar is home to what is thought to be the country's largest fossil graveyard.

The abandoned "Ghost Mansion" was left to decay in the mountains of Northern Italy.

A spiral staircase connects the limestone cave with Pembroke Castle, birthplace of King Henry VII.

A gregarious Ohio resident has been building his whimsical temple to peace for decades.

A "Titanic" superfan changed his name to Jack and set up this strange shrine to the blockbuster, complete with Korean food and Tarot readings.

A cramped wooden attic that once housed one of the world's first movie studios.

Now the final resting place of prominent artists and musicians, it was originally founded to separate the rich from the poor in death.

The possible imprisonment of Vlad the Impaler here earned the medieval castle its nickname, "Dracula's Castle."

Stunning ruins of what was once the center of one of the greatest empires in East Africa.

A technicolor place of worship for Elevationists.

The iconic boulevard is the perfect place to catch sight of a bicycling skeleton, a levitating Satan, or a chef with his head stuck in a pizza.

A water pumping station disguised as a residential home to assuage concerned neighbors now tricks most passersby.

Meant to be one of the most extravagant hotels in the world, now an eerie, abandoned architectural gem in Mexico City.

One of the greatest heroes of the Titanic tragedy came from humble beginnings to this beautiful home.