Places Edited by Rebecca Schandel

Scattered around Atlanta are little doors with big charm.

A fiberglass jungle, deep in the wilds of the Cleveland suburbs.

Within this lovely Richmond cemetery lie the remains of famous Virginians and some of Edgar Allan Poe's most beloved family and friends.

Orr Park's dead trees have been carved into a menagerie of whimsical visages.

Georges Seurat’s pointillist masterpiece has been recreated in Ohio in topiary form.

This Nebraska museum was once the smallest courthouse in America.

This massive Brazilian church is built like an angular, technicolor pyramid left by Mayans from the future.

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

Tour the sci-fi-esque reality of governmental disease management.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

This Indiana walk of fame honors music legends with record-shaped plaques in the pavement.

This unassuming home was once “grand central station” for the Underground Railroad.

A convincing little bit of ancient Egypt smack dab in Richmond, Virginia.

What do a giraffe, an elephant, and reasonably priced steaks have in common? This roadside restaurant filled with exotic taxidermy.

This magnificent Cincinnati graveyard is also a popular public park.

This burger joint is named after everyone's favorite carnival prize and is adorned with a giant one over the door.

A full-size replica of this well-preserved temple lets you take a walk through the Mayan age.

This staircase full of Mayan hieroglyphics is perhaps the largest single text in the world.

The dream home of an iconoclastic renaissance man still stands as a monument to his domestically mundane vision.

What is it about mushrooms that makes people wish they lived inside of them?

This tiny museum kept in a B&B laundry room holds the death mask of notorious bank robber Pretty Boy Floyd.

This humble star-gazing center touts itself as the "Birthplace of American Astronomy."

What else would you call a playground hidden in Alabama's oldest and largest cemetery?

Every president in history is immortalized in bronze in downtown Rapid City.