Places Edited by tyler

Disney's abandoned animal island is now an overgrown ruin that was almost the coolest attraction ever.

During this Shetland Islands celebration, hundreds of torch-carrying "guizers" lead a procession to burn a viking longboat.

This titanic java kettle is one of the many kitschy landmarks located along America's OTHER famous highway.

On this Puerto Rican island, many abandoned naval ammunition bunkers sit open while a few have been padlocked by locals as personal storage.

This historical swimming pool near Miami is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

The elaborate clockwork contraptions in this Scottish gallery create small worlds of whimsy and horror.

Grandpa Rainbow felt the neighborhood needed some color, so he picked up a paintbrush and went to work.

The wreckage of a tragic plane crash is on display at this museum devoted to a famous Italian conspiracy.

A geometric jumble of homes.

Decommissioned NYC subway cars are dumped into the ocean to create this underwater wildlife habitat.

A memorial for an outsider theorist who believed that the planet is actually hollow.

Two geological phenomena in one precarious locale: a towering stone window, and a deep blue void.

A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.

A wacky two-story folk-art assemblage of carved and found objects, with lights, motion, and sound now in need of financial support.

The remains of a chapel created for convenience.

Rumored to be the famed pirate's lookout tower, this historic stone structure is now just watching for tourists.

A century-old tradition has culminated in a small but singular collection of feline effigies.

The house that birthed The Old Man and The Sea is now a museum devoted to the old man who wrote it.

Rusting, graffiti-covered tanks litter the beach of this island, once used by the U.S. military for target practice.

A gallery specifically dedicated to the botanical illustrations of a remarkable traveling lady.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

Dedicated to improving the plight of the rare scaly anteater.

Paris' fabled purveyor of exotic taxidermy and natural history curios.

Putrefaction plateaus in Iran, where the dead were sent for decontamination before going to their final resting place.