Places Edited by Daniel McDermon

Does this statue depict Thor, or Jesus Christ? Nobody knows.

A hidden wonder displaying insects large and small.

Sway your way across Virginia’s longest river on a rickety wooden bridge.

This Rodin sculpture in Cleveland bears the lasting marks of a 1970 bombing.

One of the world's oldest, it provides a livelihood for the entire community.

Texas’s first suspension bridge is still carrying people across the Brazos.

Memorial commemorating the deadliest landslide in U.S. history.

This stone angel is one of the biggest caryatids in all of Paris.

Scenic hike to a restored watermill.

The only such mummy that remains accessible to the public.

The most peculiar part of Berlin's public transit network is an on-demand rowboat.

A 20-foot statue reminds viewers of an extinct species.

An installation at the border commemorates a battle from 972.

An artist of the American Revolution is entombed beneath the Yale art gallery he founded.

A roadside Statue of Liberty on the grounds of a manufacturing plant.

Abandoned museum from the last days of Soviet domination, with a unique Brutalist design.

A monument to early air travel and an unhappy cat.

Tucked away in Seward Park is Seattle’s only old-growth forest.

Water mills built into a cave in the 17th century are powered by a subterranean river.

This student-run nightclub was originally a World War II bomb shelter.

An American crash site from WWII is marked deep in a Swedish forest.

This 13th-century UNESCO-listed "lion's house" mosque is named after a repurposed lion sculpture.

A giant hand emerging from the ground beckons visitors into a park in Madrid.

This former studio belonging to a pioneer in photography stands in a picturesque landscape with unique rock formations.