Places Edited by Daniel McDermon

This dolmen-like monument in the countryside is a symbol of the link between Belgium and Portugal (and indeed all other European countries)

The home and final resting place of the first native-born American saint

An advertising mural tempering the behavior of Charleston’s children since the late 1800s.

Vada Pav and other scrumptious snacks are served in the charming, old-world setting of this heritage, residential Wada

This gigantic 18th-century gateway in Lucknow was built to provide relief and employment to the people during a famine

This legendary restaurant in the heart of Mumbai has been in existence since around 1848

An empty bookshelf commemorates the books which were lost during the infamous event

The famed crossbow of Switzerland's folk hero now adorns a restaurant wall

Touch this shamrock-shaped plaque dedicated to the longtime coach of the Boston Celtics for good luck

The world's largest monastic library is also a baroque artistic masterpiece

A 3,500-ton British turret steamer, carrying coal, ran aground here in 1914

The remains of the medieval city walls that once protected the Genoese quarter of Constantinople

This unusual geological formation on the coast of Samothraki has an interesting, if unlikely, story about how it was formed

A breathtaking mountain peak offering panoramic Himalayan views after a scenic forest hike through pine-covered trails and flower-filled meadows.

Formally known as American Statesmanship Park, this roadside collection of eighteen-foot presidential busts and Texas statesmen is located only minutes away from the former studio of Houston sculptor David Adickes.

A derelict hunting lodge that was once the site of aristocratic debauchery.

Gustave Eiffel's masterpiece until the Eiffel Tower was built.

Montana’s first and only Alpine coaster.

The old Workhouse in Ripon was the last resort for the poor of the district from 1834 until the birth of the British welfare state in the mid 20th century. It is now a poignant museum reminding us of the harshness of the Victorian poor law regime.

Centuries before masks and sanitizer, Oslo’s oldest public monument remembers its last plague dead.

One of the world’s largest suspended aquariums, located in Dubai Mall.

Where hand-pressed burgers meet low-flying planes — a 1950s drive-in shack at the end of an active runway in the Columbia River Gorge, with Mount Hood on one side and Mount Adams on the other.

A campy fiberglass statue welcomes visitors to this small town in central California.

Turrets, ramparts and towers, this Teesside castle has them all, but it's not all as it seems.