Places Edited by David Stephenson

A charming Spanish village sits atop this natural limestone overpass.

A unique tribute to the millions of animals who served and died for the British military.

This overlooked street light once served as a KGB dead letter box.

Bullet holes in the church wall are a reminder of the violence that followed the assassination of a high-ranking Nazi officer.

The block of aged dairy is probably still edible after 2,300 years in a peat bog.

A remarkable medieval structure born from a 14th-century disaster.

It is still illegal to "quarrel" at this unlikely urban oasis built on top of an electrical substation.

Manchester salvaged this sculpture of the adopted Mancunian when it was no longer wanted in Ukraine.

The eclectic observatory castle of a 19th-century astronomer and explorer.

An abandoned Byzantine fortress and notorious prison.

The island residents are known for taking their quirky sense of humor with them to the grave.

Visitors are welcome to enter this lush Key West sanctuary to entertain its plethora of rescued parrots.

The now-overgrown beach resort was once frequented by Yugoslav military elite.

This memorial honors the first British soldier killed by enemy action on home soil during World War I.

The only surviving leech house in the United Kingdom was a home for bloodsucking worms until the 1900s.

A small poultry graveyard in the courtyard of a popular Key West watering hole.

The 19th-century pharmacy (now a used bookstore) was featured in James Joyce’s "Ulysses," and has changed very little to this day.

The small bright red pillar survived the 1996 Manchester bombing virtually unscathed.

Visitors dating back to the 1600s carved their marks in the stones of the iconic tower.

This 15th-century island fortress later served as home to the executioners no one wanted to live near.

A strange egg in a mucky bog of western Ireland marks the spot of an aviation milestone.

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, rocks and fossils from every U.S. state were collected into a pyramid of national unity.

This 14th century wine cellar is home to the oldest barrel-stored wine in the world.

Installed at a chaotic intersection, this gave London traffic cops a place to hang their heavy woolen coats.