Places Edited by Daniel McDermon

This is the only surviving complete round tower in County Kerry, dating to the 13th century.

This great example of a Victorian museum claims to be the oldest purpose-built museum in the UK.

A merry-go-round that became a rallying point for the early Civil Rights Movement.

A 28-exhibit museum about the history, culture, and oddities of money. Visitors stand in a cash shower, try to crack a vault, and discover what it's like to barter when no money is allowed.

An outdoor spiritual site where a strange acoustic phenomenon creates a powerful, hollow echo when you speak from the center of a mosaic circle.

A Victorian-era British railway viaduct has been transformed into an elevated garden.

The very rock that killed the stonemason marks his grave.

An ancient Namibian rock pictograph of a white lady is actually a man.

An antiquarian horologist’s mysterious home in Old Goucher.

This iconic building , which is very evocative of the county of Cheshire, is a genuine gem of Tudor, black and white, timber-framed architecture .

A local workshop makes Japanese-style paper out of everything from papyrus to pineapple leaves.

A giant coin serves as a very unusual yet creative monument commemorating one of the most important people in the history of Trieste.

Hong Kong’s lone surviving ancient pagoda dates back to the 14th century.

A remarkable collection of the machines which this industrial city was dependent upon for both commerce and domestic life.

It stands out for its elegant white neoclassical design and twin bell towers that define Maputo’s skyline and make it one of the city’s most recognizable landmarks.

An art museum dedicated to the sculptor Barbara Hepworth, but it is by no means restricted to her work.

Once silenced for being off-key, this bell has found a new voice as an interactive public artwork.

A small chapel is the oldest permanent building in a megacity of 18 million.

The memorial to this brutal battle between the English and the Scots has a surprisingly humble origin.

An East German time capsule caters to nostalgic Germans and curious tourists.

A taste of the 15th century in the bustling heart of the modern Shinjuku City.

A free James Turrell artwork all to yourself

The buildings around this DePaul University statue create an echo chamber for those standing in the center of the circle.

The site of the fossilized remains of some of Earth’s earliest primitive, microbial life forms.