Places Edited by David Stephenson

This fairy-tale castle would make Dracula (who is said to have been imprisoned there) jealous.

These haunting ruins belong to an ancient village that once had one hell of a view.

A precariously balanced goose-shaped boulder with a dark legend.

In this truly magical place, rent hasn't been raised since the year 1520.

The legend of a monkey that was hanged as a spy has inspired not only a football team name, but a successful mayoral campaign.

This spiny beast guards an artist's village while vying for the title of largest lobster in the world.

Since ancient times these picturesque springs have been providing bathers with healing waters.

This Italian-style temple replica has been threatening to fall off the Irish coast for hundreds of years.

The remnants of a depressing public toilet are now a hub of ever evolving street art.

There has been an astronomical clock on this spot since the 14th century.

This Navarrese cave's history of witchcraft and pagan ritual is not just embraced, but recreated each year.

Said to be the only museum in the world dedicated to the most classic of all blooms, the rose.

The smallest post office in the United States is no bigger than a broom closet.

The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.

An idyllic swimming pool tells the tale of Hemingway's trouble with women.

Numberless clock creates a meal of time for the dreaded, insectile Chronophage.

This museum preserves the hand-dug tunnel that kept Sarajevo afloat during the Serbian siege.

One of the most popular megalithic sites in Ireland stands as a humbler version of Stonehenge.

A celebrated bandstand at the center of what was once the worst slum in London.

This historic timepiece is thought to be the only public clock in the world that keeps lunar time.

An abandoned saucer-shaped monument in the Bulgarian mountains.

A cave network located at the southernmost tip of mainland Greece was once believed to be an entrance to Hades.

A well-preserved 2nd century fort where moles are the archaeologists.

A building that survived WWII, possibly on the virtue of its name alone.