Places Edited by Ursula

The small peaceful island off the Venice tourist circuit is where the city began more than 1,500 years ago.

Popular tourist destination where witches in dark hats sell dried llama fetuses for good luck.

A desert that evokes the surreal.

Strolling through these vintage locomotives offers a surprising amount of insight into the history of Kenya.

Two giant painted cooling towers make for one of the world’s most epic bungee jumps.

Morocco's Argania trees are infested with nut-hungry goats.

Fantastic views and thousands of love locks.

Dating back to 1812, this is the oldest racecourse in the Southern Hemisphere.

Raging waters have created a strange geological site that looks like something off of a progressive rock album cover.

The most gigantic, swoony, intimidating trio of fingers in all of antiquity.

Get tall with nature's lankiest beasts and their warthog friends at this Kenyan preserve.

This abandoned Slovenian military barracks has become a punky-political art squat.

This trio of Dominican cave lakes comprise a colorful biosphere of natural life.

An ancient Ethiopian cave church is endangered by the simple building of a road.

Giant eggs, walls of bread, and nightmare surreality mark the largest collection of works by Salvador Dalí.

Once the tallest building in the world, this abandoned church is now a monument to the destruction of WWII.

This small group of sand dunes manages to pack in a strange rainbow of colors.

A mysterious dark-skinned Christ statue has been this town's religious center for centuries.

During this Bolivian festival/fair you can wish for wealth, success, love, and more by buying a miniature version of your desire.

Artifacts showcasing the witchy history of Zambia.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

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

Home to the most complete dodo remains known - one head, and one foot.

Caves that can't seem to quit producing the remains of prehistoric humans.