Places Edited by tyler

No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.

The largest toy museum in Poland showcases Europe's history of childhood.

A particularly creepy abandoned hospital that sparks interest for lovers of the supernatural.

A mocking tribute to the past and modern leadership of Prague.

A working model of the entire San Francisco Bay and much of the Sacramento River Delta, complete with regular tides that change every 14 minutes.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

An unassuming grey box sitting on San Francisco's Pier 17 is a "sky diary" of the coastal city's temperamental weather.

The world's northernmost flowers cling tenuously to life on desolate Kaffeklubben Island.

This church in Pittsburgh is home to the largest collection of religious relics in North America.

Artists and musicians now rule over this former rail station.

This unusually shaped mountaintop tower looks like a UFO floating over the city.

Relive a Polish uprising via an enormous, century-old cyclorama.

The final resting place of soldiers' loyal canine companions.

An Irish cemetery filled with victims of political strife and violent conflict, including the grave of Bobby Sands.

Limestone caves in the Cambodian countryside, once the site of genocide, now a place of peaceful beauty.

A ghost town revived by hippies and wanderers throws its own special brand of holiday parade.

Walk in the footsteps of the gods and straddle two tectonic plates.

A massive tribute to this small county's top agricultural product.

Walk over a 150 year old manhole.

Walk upon the mementos of the dead in this Parisian courtyard paved with medieval tombstones.

A historic London cemetery now serves as a nature park incorporating gravestones & memorial statues.

The tallest unclimbed mountain in the world remains poorly charted out of respect for local spirits.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.