Places Edited by Samir S. Patel

This corn maze so big you may want to pack a lunch, and possibly a flaregun.

An arsenic-filled pool in the Grand Canyon takes on the appearance of a giant, overflowing pumpkin.

A modern ghost town whose inhabitants were driven away by the growth of nuclear power.

This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.

A once grand hotel is being retaken by the wilderness it once capitalized on.

One native village in Bali lays their dead at the foot of a holy tree whose natural fragrance seems to hide the stench as the bodies decompose.

New Orleans' famous cemetery, located on the site of a former race track.

A prehistoric landscape hidden in the cliffs of Maha'ulepu.

A mysterious light floating in the trees of Arkansas may be a piezoelectric effect.

This amazingly preserved Gold Rush town is a historian's dream.

This blowhole is supposedly caused by a trapped monster.

Besieged by war, this castle ruin has crumbled into a peaceful picnic spot.

The skyline of Montreal includes the silhouette of an unexpected fruit-shaped Canadian staple.

In the loving memory of a tragically deceased role-player this Illinois park is decked out with both dungeons and dragons.

Artistic cabins actually grow deep in the Canadian wilderness.

An abandoned stretch of highway, deteriorating next to the operational one.

An unsettling shrine dedicated to the ravenous beast that prowled 18th-century France.

An enormous dragon scales the walls of this 17-story temple.

Nestled in the heart of San Francisco’s bustling Financial District stands a unique homage to the Mayan and Beaux Arts.

A wonderful collection of all things Oz is nestled in the heart of Kansas.

Children's literature inside, forest all around.

A burnt-out motel with priceless Native American artwork in the basement, redeveloped into apartments.

The tallest stationary dunes on Earth also happen to sing.

This disused Cold War bunker has been restored to all of its early 60s glory.