Places Edited by Sommer Mathis

The charmingly disheveled clock tower of Tbilisi's puppet theater.

Unexplained bald patches in the landscape grow and recede over time, as though they are somehow alive.

A 70,000-square-foot institution dedicated to a very literal, creationist perspective on the Book of Genesis.

"Alleys of Stone" form natural mazes in Spanish natural park.

This lab's maddening silence is good for business but bad for sanity.

Ruined castle with subterranean vaulted Goblin Ha' or "Goblin Hall."

The site of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.

This fantastical house shaped like a seashell brings aquatic design to architecture.

Stone pillars and a petrified wedding party in the hills of North Macedonia.

Not a single witness can attest to the creation of the world's largest geoglyph.

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

Small church on top of a huge rock column.

Over 4,700 miles of trees being planted to hold back the desert.

100 massive sculptures in the Hudson River Valley.

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

A landscape decorated with enormous skull sculptures.

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

The largest catacomb system in the world.

Home of Philip Johnson, one of the 20th century's most influential architects.

Waterway populated with abandoned projects, including a submarine.

Astonishing collection of helmets, scientific instruments, and medical models.

Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.

One of the world's largest model railroads is a mind-boggling achievement.

Japanese island famous for poison gas and fluffy bunnies.