Places Edited by Samir S. Patel

This eerily well-preserved coal town was saved from destruction by a Sean Connery movie.

Steep canyon walls hide a forested oasis in the West Texas desert.

"Only the dead get off at Kymlinge."

After a short-lived attempt to bring America in line with the rest of the world, this road was left in metric.

Despite time, colonization, and the brutal New Mexican heat, these Pueblo ruins still stand.

This crumbling, graffiti-covered mansion sits tantalizingly within reach of the proletariat who frequent a public park.

One lonely, modern pyramid has gone from corporate think tank to deserted boondoggle.

At the point of oceanic inaccessibility, you can't get farther from dry land without leaving the planet.

From economic backbone of a community to deadly diving hole, these former stone quarries are now a park for rock climbers and graffiti artists.

A mega theme park-wax museum mélange containing all things biblical.

The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.

The childhood home of Henry Jones Jr. is now an adventure-themed bed and breakfast.

The world is full of swimming holes, but few compare to Samoa’s idyllic To Sua ocean trench.

A magical, macabre wax museum, beloved by locals, uses real artifacts to depict an assassination from the French Revolution.

The site of Neil Armstrong's first flight is marked by a full on replica of the moon landers.

Despite violent work crews and massive delays this abandoned canal tunnel was built to last into the modern day.

High atop a Mexican rainforest mountain, this ancient pyramid once drew pilgrims countries away.

This Balinese sea temple is thought to be guarded by the hundreds of monkeys that live around it.

A bronze plaque marks the site of the only show the "King of the Soul Singers" ever missed.

The remains of a failed subway in upstate New York is now an underground graffiti bunker.

This top-secret nuclear bunker hidden in a Bosnian mountain has been converted to a modern art exhibition space.

These black pillars of volcanic basalt seem to call mountain climbers with an unbreakable siren song.

Built by prisoners of war, the largest small-scale model ever built includes eight miles of tiny streams that now sit abandoned.

This Danish rock field is actually a sprawling ancient cemetery holding the bodies of 700 Vikings.