Places Edited by Samir S. Patel

This giant power line tower is a robot that can express its moods in neon.

This sacred cave temple is home to thousands of bats and according to legend, a giant snake king.

A former electrical substation is now home to an eccentric junk art masterpiece.

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.

This highest peak in Idaho can only be reached by traversing a formation known as "Chicken-Out Ridge."

A wild west land agreement was etched right onto this historic Idaho stone.

The world's largest maze is a nature park with nearly 200 decision points.

This crumbling stump is all that remains of what was once thought to be the oldest living organism.

Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.

The deadly but beautiful ornamental oleander was planted all over the island of Galveston after the hurricane of 1900.

Thanks to a loophole in property ownership, this alleyway has become a cacophonous street gallery.

Legend has this precariously placed rock was placed by giants. Science has another explanation.

This WWII plane died a quiet death, and is now a garden eel playground.

The bad-ass ride of a soul legend, housed in one of the world's few soul museums.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

This titanic java kettle is one of the many kitschy landmarks located along America's OTHER famous highway.

Exotic, erotic, and esoteric, one artist's live-in Bali gallery brings a splash of color and madness to its surroundings.

A whimsical monument marks the highest point in Kansas, not that you could tell by the looks of it.

This devil-dancing ceremony now celebrates a miraculous image of the Virgin Mary that appeared to a modern-day Robin Hood in a mineshaft.

Once an ambitious nature spa, these forest ruins now provide a serene monument to failure.

Five ancient libraries, little changed for centuries, preserve a medieval archive of Quranic lore and civic documents