Places Edited by Daniel McDermon

Victory on this battlefield catapulted William Henry Harrison to the presidency in 1840.

Row through this enchanted narrow chasm whose stones are said to resemble dragon scales.

One of the Hakka "ghost villages" of Plover Cove famed for its haunted locked compass legend.

Japan's legendary filmmaker is interred in a small graveyard in a similarly modest temple in Kamakura.

This is the world's only floating national park, and the last natural home of the majestic sangai deer.

The oldest flagstone charcoal kiln in New England serves as a reminder of the importance of land conservation and sustainability.

The Great Tsingy has a smaller, rose-colored cousin.

A school destroyed by fire and tsunami simultaneously is preserved as a memorial.

The only place in the world where vehicles for an obsolete form of transportation are still built.

A living history village recreates a vanished 19th century community.

These once housed the families who decided in 1665 to quarantine themselves to save their neighbours.

This 19th-century fountain features sculptures of little gnomes that help with chores.

A museum dedicated to all things vinegar in rural South Dakota.

Relics designed to contain and conceal Yugoslavian submarines.

A bad omen turned symbol of good fortune now adorns a hidden palace in the quiet streets of Valencia's old town.

This work of folk art was produced by Gregory Warmack but the artifacts cemented in place are communal.

Location of the “Greatest 45 Minutes in Sports History.”

A statue dedicated to the story behind the founded of the city.

The oldest working cattle ranch in the U.S.

Inside this 3,500-year-old tomb are remarkable ancient Egyptian paintings of African wildlife.

Czechoslovakia’s first competition pool, now a decaying ruin of a functionalist marvel.

The world’s largest stone statue of Luther looms over a North Carolina campus.

The former home of the five-time Socialist Party nominee is now a museum dedicated to his career.

The Rhubarb capital of Illinois has made their title official with this 10 foot tall statue.