Places Edited by douglasjtimpe

Designed to allow funerals to proceed over the River Dulnain.

A coin-operated washing machine turned jukebox, complete with an outdoor dance floor.

New Zealand's oldest prison holds a dark history and the scars of a deadly earthquake.

This aluminum “stairway to heaven” has impaled at least a couple of birds.

One of Auckland's oldest cemeteries was partially demolished during the construction of a major highway in the 1960s. 

The Scottish Reformation leader's grave was paved over and is now a parking lot.

The smallest museum in Basel, Switzerland, is a two-foot-by-two-foot window in the door of a 600-year-old house.

The world's largest outdoor organ is played weekly by one of just two civic organists in the U.S.

The tiniest tiki room in San Diego.

The slender brass strip in Prague's Old Town Square was used to tell time from 1652 to 1918.

150 or so scrounged-up lamps, chandeliers, and lanterns light up this alley in central Athens.

Swarms of butterflies cannot compare to the awe inspired by the publicly-funded nakedness once displayed in this sunken garden.

A New Zealand communications tower stands as the tallest structure in the Southern Hemisphere.

This sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for “The Hobbit” film series.

The famous aviator's final resting place is a study in natural beauty.

Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.

Over 300 taxidermied animals in a Californian restaurant make for a taxidermist's dream and an animal lover's nightmare.