Places Edited by CDVV86

If you visit Santa's village, you can get your passport stamped to show you crossed into the Arctic Circle.

This ornate church designed by a self-taught architect is an eclectic masterpiece in the heart of Central Mexico.

On this wooded path, a stained-glass window creates a spellbinding forest cathedral.

Where condemned pirates met their grisly end at the gallows on the River Thames.

The ruins of a massive World War I fort overlook the border between Zambia and Tanzania.

This medieval manor house was equipped with secret compartments for hiding priests.

The world's first crowdfunded skyscraper has not gone quite to plan.

This enormous abandoned prison was once dubbed the "Bastille of Romania."

A collection of weird and wonderful art fills a former houseplant nursery.

An abandoned 17th-century baroque hunting lodge with a wonderfully strange architectural plan.

The original resting place of Queen Cleopatra and Mark Antony's only daughter.

The steel cable lets adventurers zoom between two mountain towns at speeds of up to 75 miles per hour.

Suspended above the ground in a thicket of towering Georgia trees is a modern architectural wonder.

This stone tower in a small town's graveyard looks as though it would be more at home in a fairy tale.

This hauntingly beautiful cemetery outside a medieval citadel is full of winding paths and ivy-covered graves.

Explore the atmospheric ruins of an abandoned convent in the dense forests of Mexico's first national park.

This Norman castle has been the scene of assassination plots, religious persecution, and Nazi conspiracies throughout its long history.

Hundreds of handmade critters fill this tiny window gallery in the heart of Portland's Alberta Arts District.

This eclectic architectural gem played witness to Zurich’s colonial past.

An iconic view point of the Sea of Galilee offers a look into Israel's past.

This cathedral hides a sculpted dog that determines your fate and an unexploded shell from World War II.

This giant iron playfully pays tribute to an early 20th-century architectural trend.

The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.

This great stone guardian of the forest is a relic from the land's volatile volcanic past.