Places Edited by Daniel McDermon

Where Taiwan found its oil...

Yorkshire’s largest boulder has a storied past associated with Druids and witches.

An unexpected mix of medieval buildings and modern street art.

Breakfast and lunch in a canteen where the servers and kitchen staff are prison inmates.

Ruins of a church in a peaceful location overlooking fields.

The 21st century revival of one of the Olympic Games' oldest traditions, and its legacy.

This elevated footbridge has become a focal point for planespotting in Mexico City.

It's a 1/20th height replica of the Eiffel Tower at 16 meters tall in the quaint village of Soing-Cubry-Chartenay.

A towering relic of Upper Silesia’s industrial past, the blast furnace of Huta Pokój stands as a monumental reminder of the region’s former role as one of Central Europe’s most important iron and steel production centers.

The author of Animal Farm and 1984 was born to a civil servant in British India.

A James Turrell Skyspace located in the mountains of Colorado.

A hidden hot spring in Singapore with a surprising history.

Europe’s first football club cemetery, where lifelong supporters remain close to their team even after death.

The historical home of Colonel Noah Orr, also known as the “Union County Giant” who stood at 7ft 8ins.

The fifth geographically in a series of twelve statues commemorating westward expansion in the United States.

A floating interfaith chapel made from ocean plastic.

One of Warsaw's coolest malls was once a center for anti-Nazi resistance activity.

Remote beach reachable only by boat or a strenuous hike across a mountain.

A carved figure embodying the palace’s pint-sized but protective spirit rooted in local folklore.

The last remnant of a controversial statue at Cape Town University.

On this spot Lord Kelvin allegedly discovered absolute zero.

In a beautiful open space on the north side of the Palmer Divide sits one solitary 19th-century gravestone in a copse of trees.

This site is where Lewis and Clark met and formed the Corp of Discovery with a few local men.

A giant shrine to Mexico's "narco-saint."