Places Edited by Alex Timian

A monument to the defenders of the Arctic in Murmansk, Russia.

Small rustic cabin nested in the mountains of Killington, Vermont.

Disused penal colony features prisoner artwork, some sketched in human blood.

What happens when you cross a mayor and a painter?

Gigantic water vessel, permanently grounded in Southern Albania.

Stone pillars and a petrified wedding party in the hills of North Macedonia.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

This South London cemetery holds the remains of more than 15,000 people.

An abandoned colonial French prison notorious for its hellish conditions.

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.

Con Edison’s exotic and heat-loving pests.

Not a single witness can attest to the creation of the world's largest geoglyph.

This city square is home to Amsterdam's oldest church and a statue honoring Dutch sex workers.

Indents in the pavement are all that remain from a grisly death machine in Paris.

250-year-old farm now features sculptures, a petting zoo and a hippy-bazaar.

This 3,500 pound obelisk was constructed with more than 1,000 reclaimed guns.

Sleep in the hay, spin the wheel and eat grain pellets to your heart's delight.

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

80 years of the Battle of Peasholm on a small English lake.

Swedish skyscraper with a 90° twist.

Blitzkrieg bop your way through Berlin's Ramones Museum.

Massive still life just off the highway in Kansas.

Robotic car thieves, freakish animals and huge neon floats in Northern Ireland's capital.