Places Edited by Wythe Marschall

A famed drink seasoned with an amputated toe, now on its tenth digit.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

A slice of central Asia in the middle of Berlin.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

One of the steepest streets in the United States makes an intriguing challenge for cyclists.

Over the dunes of the Empty Quarter, the mysterious music of the desert.

The World's First 24 Hour Coin-Operated Art Gallery!! Plastic, Styrofoam, and Elvis--If you can't get rid of it, you might as well worship it!!

Seoul amusement park boasts a Korean-speaking pachyderm.

A giant robo-cockroach building devours Tokyo.

Hoodoos, naturally eroded land formations, stand 20 feet tall in the Canadian Badlands.

White cockroaches and other cave species occupy this massive series of lava tubes.

Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.

A former plague hospital turned medical museum.

Super-heavy Nazi architectural experiment.

Centuries-old bridges grown from tangled roots.

17,400 lbs., 12 feet in diameter, and 29 years in the making.

Surprisingly delicious Asian-style hot dogs.

Healing Springs that once ran red with soldiers' blood.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

A monster in the plant world, up to 10 feet tall and smelling of death.

Terrifically morbid cemetary and site of famous Paracelsus' grave.

The remains of the great moral philosopher reside in a university in London.

Home to the world's oldest functioning orrery.

Handsomely crafted representations of our round planet.