Places Edited by Star Taied

The elliptical citadel resisted the advance of the mighty Ottomans several times, thanks to the military prowess of the "Dragon of Albania."

A rainbow-colored house promotes LGBTQ rights across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church.

An eclectic sculpture park rises atop a giant pile of ashes in Sweden.

A historic neighborhood church is reborn as a psychedelic arts collective.

This tiny, charming synagogue in the Cayman Islands was built by a man as a present for his Jewish wife.

A tall karst islet popularized by 007.

A whimsical sensor instrument for Minneapolitans to play on their walks to work.

Camera cars and condom bikes built from scrap and one man's passion.

Modern design and unusual architecture make this mountaintop temple no ordinary Buddhist retreat.

A striking 12th-century-style castle built on the edge of a cliff.

Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.

Réunion Island's highest point is a two-million-year-old volcano and a paraglider's paradise.

This piece of Australian modern art is part joke and part history.

This tiny little island has, as the name says, just enough room for its single house.

Riding on a pair of architectural dragons, this Thailand temple holds murals full of lurid imagery.

This ultra-modern home clings to the slope of the Hollywood Hills on a precarious stilt.

A salty red wasteland in Tanzania is a breeding spot for endangered flamingos.

Landbridge created by the South Korean version of Moses.

An arresting arch punched straight through a mountain provides one of the most scenic spots, and challenging climbs, on the planet.

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

A breathtaking canyon offers stunning views and frightful pathways through an ecological paradise.

Mansion and shopping center used in the 1975 film "The Stepford Wives."

Ethiopia's "smoking mountain" is in one of the hottest regions on the planet and is home to two lava lakes.

Eco-friendly island mansion.