Places Edited by AAlcazar

This remarkable museum sprung from one of the most important prehistoric archaeological sites in the world.

An impressive display of ships and artifacts from the ancient Mediterranean maritime trade.

An ancient Roman theatre restored to its former glory in the Spanish city of Cartegena.

A stone slab in Madrid marks the point from which the distances of Spain's national roads are measured.

Abandoned for decades, trains still pass through the now-restored remains of one of Madrid's first metro stations.

This museum remembers the tough Mormon trek across America through an intriguing array of artifacts.

Stuck in the middle of a modern Madrid city block are the remains of a 19th century sports complex.

This underground church is topped with a 500-foot cross that is seen by many as a beacon of fascist hubris.

A hidden garden of stones engraved with scriptures, a Joseph Smith Sphinx, all carved by one man.

This remarkably well-preserved Egyptian plinth is pretty well traveled for a giant piece of stone.

The oldest Roman lighthouse still in use.

A towering tribute to decisiveness stands on the spot where Brigham Young and his followers decided that this must be the place.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

Visitors to this library are in for a real-world education in modernist architecture.

Crystal clear lake with a shoreline of travertine located in a Colorado canyon.

This cemetery features modernist statues as strange as its name.

A landscape decorated with enormous skull sculptures.

A small house in Tazones, completely covered in shells.

Mysterious lost empire of the Silk Road.

Physicist’s epitaph provides final confirmation to a career of turmoil.

Largest man-made excavation on earth!