Places Edited by tyler

An extraordinary collection of scientific instruments - and Einstein's chalkboard - inside the world's oldest purpose built museum building.

One of the most popular megalithic sites in Ireland stands as a humbler version of Stonehenge.

The creek where a shark wreaked terror upon New Jersey, and served as the inspiration for "Jaws."

Launchpad for the US military’s dead mouse operation to battle millions of snakes.

Science fiction's grandfather has a fittingly marvelous tomb.

Nestled in the heart of San Francisco’s bustling Financial District stands a unique homage to the Mayan and Beaux Arts.

City law dictates that this mountaintop cathedral containing the heart of a saint is to remain the tallest building in town.

Established in 1853, this crumbling cemetery sits forgotten on the corner of Church and Chapel in Gold Country.

The lesser-known cousin of the Great Pacific trash island.

This solitary monastery may hold the remains of Vlad the Impaler (but probably not).

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

The remnants of sheer survival in Dublin's monastery district.

Memorial to the 137 lives lost on a ship fire, the whole hulk of which washed up on the Asbury Park shore.

Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.

The oceanic dumping ground where spaceships go to die.

An ambiguous ambience emanates from this centuries old leprosy quarantine.

A high-end clothing boutique with a curious basement art installation.

World's smallest skyscraper, the product of a remarkable con.

Hidden beneath the famous St. Peter's Basilica is a veritable city of the dead that may hold the remains of St. Peter himself.

This cemetery served as the only official burial grounds in Cambridge for nearly 200 years.

Gold Rush-era tombstones line the park's paths.

One of the world's largest collections of pharmaceutical artifacts.

A massive art collective tries a new take on Brooklyn's DIY music scene—by making it fully legal.

A huge resale shop for the cast-offs of the film & television industry.