Places Edited by Daniel McDermon

This La Mancha museum brings the region’s winemaking tradition to life

A beautiful Georgian church alongside the Thames has a crypt in the basement, in which are buried the bodies of the infamous American traitor Benedict Arnold, his wife Peggy, and their daughter Sophia.

Carved through granite boulder fields and primeval forests, this roaring river valley once served as the secret naval training ground for the legendary Tay Son insurgency.

This statue of a Parsi businessman and philanthropist is an iconic landmark in the city.

Walk through a well-preserved World War II Nazi prison and transit camp.

The Catedral Basílica de Salvador is special for its stunning Baroque interior and the historic sepulchre of Mem de Sá, connecting the church to Salvador’s colonial past.

A turn-of-the-century agricultural architecture movement turned out to be a fad that caught on the strongest near Rochester, Indiana.

Converted into a time capsule-like museum, these terrace houses depict the living conditions of working class tenants from various eras.

This beloved piece of street art mysteriously vanished, only to reappear in its original location after some much-needed TLC.

A 1600-year-old church carved into the rock, with painted frescoes from 900.

A children's mosaic in Limassol using deep-sea creature patterns to honor young lives lost across several genocides, including Cyprus’s own 1974 wounds.

This museum seems tiny but is absolutely packed full of regional history.

Cushing was one of the founders of the United States and his grave is located in a tiny, odd, tucked-away state park with very little signage.

Harvey Milk's (the first openly gay person elected to public office in California) camera shop is now a queer community hub that celebrates his legacy and San Francisco's LGBTQ+ history, past and present.

A monorail that was built to serve a new development but technical problems, lack of users, and a pandemic caused it to be closed and abandoned.

At one of Oslo’s most-visited buildings, few notice the painting that has mocked its architect for 70 years.

A popular East Bay hiking trail houses the ruins of a sanitarium that was destroyed in a blaze 50 years ago.

Perched atop an isolated 779-meter mountain peak, this enigmatic Cham ruin remains shrouded in mystery regarding its age and purpose.

This genuine, blood red Jolly Roger was captured off the North African coast in 1790 by Admiral Richard Curry.

This was Allied HQ during D-Day! Eisenhower was there and you can visit the ACTUAL MAP he looked at on that day.

Over 80 miniature sculptures around Uzhhorod old town that depict Transcarpathian history and culture.

The museum is located in one of the two remaining military gymnasiums left in the United States.

Once a sanctuary for Honolulu’s queer community, this legendary landmark is in the heart of Waikiki.