St. Louis, Missouri
The Girl in the Shadow Box
One man's unrequited love stands in a glass box forever.
Places I've been
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St. Louis, Missouri
One man's unrequited love stands in a glass box forever.
St. Louis, Missouri
The first rural cemetery west of the Mississippi is home to the elaborate tombs of St. Louis' local beer barons.
St. Louis, Missouri
This mausoleum is the final resting place of one of St. Louis's richest and most tragic families.
St. Louis, Missouri
Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.
Cave-In-Rock, Illinois
River pirates, murderous bandits, and serial killers used this Illinois cave as their debauched hideout.
Mountain Township, Illinois
In the Shawnee National Forest, amazing rock formations peer through the treeline.
Benton, Illinois
The famous Beatle secretly visited this Illinois town several times to visit his sister.
Cairo, Egypt
The massive cave church of Cairo's Zabbaleen community is one of the largest Christian churches in the Middle East.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
Ancient cliffs resembling a kilt on Scotland’s second-largest island emit an entrancing sound.
Falkirk, Scotland
Old-fashioned knowledge and modern engineering create the world's only rotating boatlift.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The fountain marks the area where hundreds of accused witches were burned at the stake.
Grangemouth, Scotland
The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
Islanders once used this dramatic, otherworldly landscape to hide their cattle from Viking raiders.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
An ancient Scottish rock formation said to be the gravesite of a giant remains ensconced in legend and intrigue.
Kyle of Lochalsh, Scotland
The most iconic structure in Scotland has been home to bishops, colonels, and Sean Connery characters.
Kilsyth, Scotland
Scotland still bears an enormous scar of its Roman past.
Invergordon, Scotland
Where the sleeping monsters of Scotland's oil industry are left to rust.
Bird Island, North Carolina
A mailbox that saved a nature reserve.
London, England
The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.
London, England
Richard III supposedly disposed of his nephews' bodies here in an effort to seal his claim to the throne.
London, England
A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.
London, England
Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.
London, England
Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.