Places Edited by Daniel McDermon

This moving sculpture depicts contortionist positions based on photographs of gymnast Věra Čáslavská, who protested the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia.

Remnants of an architect's residence that displays his embrace of organic architecture.

Babe Ruth and others planted saplings for a 1930s tourism campaign. The saplings grew as the area faded.

Seven centuries ago, its holy door opened for a forgiveness procession ritual that was later "copied" by the formal Catholic Jubilee.

A 26-foot-tall jackrabbit celebrates the past and future of the Southwest.

This rustic home is the birthplace of Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assassin.

A stone in a Victorian writer’s garden is a remnant of prehistoric Britain.

Historic beer hall in Bucharest with magnificent stained glass and a lively folk band.

Sturdy scales are a surprising thing to find in a modern European city.

A rich Serb hired foreign craftsmen to secretly build the castle of his dreams.

The colonial home of Paul Revere during the American Revolution.

An installation tells of the horrific 1964 tsunami that devastated Crescent City, California.

At the edge of a town market is the gravesite of a powerful female war chief.

A former royal garden with lush surroundings in the heart of the city.

Cages that once displayed the bodies of executed leaders hang from a German church tower.

One of America's oldest continuously operating hotels offers a blend of rich history and historic architecture in the heart of Annapolis.

A tribute to an 18th-century British surveyor.

The home and studio of one of Japan's most avant-garde artists is now a museum showcasing his surreal works.

Iguanas roam in a lagoon inside a volcanic crater that erupted more than 2200 years ago.

This 1850s mansion reveals how rich Americans lived in the Victorian era.

The largest known wine barrel of the medieval era is visible from the street in Gubbio.

The radical suffragist left striking words on her tombstone.

A public library display of fossils from the ice age.

The smallest walk-in museum in the United States, this miniature museum preserves and displays a range of historic manuscripts.