Places Edited by Samir S. Patel

The oceanic dumping ground where spaceships go to die.

The century-old bell and clock tower at UC Berkeley is the third-tallest in the world, and has fossils.

The birthplace of both the Atomic Age and Godzilla, and the namesake of the bathing suit.

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

An Art Nouveau building covered in animal gargoyles and grotesques.

The world's largest moose statue is located (where else?) in Canada.

During the 1990's nearly all of the world's LSD is thought to have come from the operators of the lab once located in this missile silo.

Singapore's landscaping project is home to 18 incredible Supertrees.

A 14th-century fortified keep showcases the masterpieces of an ingenious 20th-century clockmaker.

A boutique perfumery fashioned to look like a Victorian-era shop.

This former rail stop in Utah was abandoned, repopulated by some nostalgic friends, and now is home to a single DIY aviator who lives in a hangar.

Tropical paradise strewn with hundreds of World War II wrecks.

A Muppet museum in small-town Mississippi honors the roots of Jim Henson's most beloved creation.

Water of undetermined depth has attracted rare fish and cult leaders alike.

This impressively complicated radioastronomy research center was once a tool of Soviet spies.

Home to the infamous "Typhoid Mary" and the worst loss of life in New York's history prior to September 11, 2001.

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

An enormous concrete structure built over a nuclear crater.

The most decorated dog of World War I is preserved in the Smithsonian.

Dynamite factory turned museum explores the history of explosives.

The longest hedge maze in the world.

The largest underground church in Europe.

An island in the middle of a lake, in the middle of a volcano, in the middle of a bigger lake, in the middle of a bigger island, in an archipelago, in the Pacific Ocean.

Remembering the Alamo with a full-scale replica of the 1836 city.