Places Edited by Samir S. Patel

The hidden jewel of Disneyland: a members only playground for the Disney elite.

Africa's Venice on stilts.

Massive stele returned to Ethiopia after 70 years in Rome.

Natural arch offers panoramic views of Yangshuo's karst hills.

The mountaintop inspiration for Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose."

Roam the cradle of the Cuban Revolution with life-sized dinosaurs.

A 1,500-year-old ghost settlement is slowly fading away.

Giant pigeon houses packed into city streets in Egypt.

Spend the night in 1920s Latvia in this historic recreation and movie set.

A vast landscape of craters created by meteorites.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

A Belgian self-built tower inspired by the Bible and ancient civilizations.

American bison herd descending directly from a Bronx Zoo breeding program that saved the species from extinction.

More than 140 granite sculptures decorate the lawn of this French sculptor.

A palatial sculpture park was built illegally and in secret by a self-taught artist over 36 years.

Exact replica of the ancient monument, but much, much lighter.

Colorful boxes placed over the dead are left to rot and crumble.

The World's Largest Bull.

A small flooded ghost town with a few scattered structures remaining.

Four-story concrete hotel never opened to customers.

This fantastical icy castle is built anew every winter.

This golf ball–shaped former desert real estate office now houses a UFO museum.

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

Meet manatees face-to-face at this zoo for native species.