Places Edited by Dylan Thuras

A daring D-Day assault by U.S. Army Rangers is commemorated atop the high cliffs of this strategic point.

For hundreds of years, participants in this Japanese festival have been making babies cry to ward off demons.

A lovers' beach, tucked below the surface of the island, provides a safe haven for romance.

Overlooking a Scottish loch, this beautifully crumbling castle once inspired a poem by William Wordsworth.

A quintet of history museums make this Virginia graveyard as much a resting place for funereal history as it is for people.

Hundreds of stone stairs and a winding medieval bridge connect this haunting Spanish island to the mainland.

A stone plaque and a winking pub name are all that remain to remember the victims of deadly 1836 avalanche.

What was once a bustling mining installation is now a bustling hub of contemporary art.

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

In the heart of Brigham Young's promised land sits a festering plot of industrial ruin that has been claimed by society's outcasts.

No cyclone yet has been able to topple this rugged Indian lighthouse.

Over the centuries, this island paradise has done it all, from providing monks with ecclesiastical respite to sheltering an exiled Leon Trotsky.

Perched on a spindly rock spire in a Greek archipelago, this lighthouse would make a perfect wizard's tower.

Covered in tens of thousands of coats of paint, this Indiana attraction holds a world record all its own.

A 19th-century politician who died after walking home in a blizzard is honored with this Manhattan statue.

Unusual house, in an unusual neighborhood, home to some very unusual peanuts.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

Resting in the middle of an Austrian river, this sci-fi "island" lets people cross in neon style.

Smack in the midst of coal country, this collection provides a peoples' history of Appalachian miners' heritage.

The elegant structure of this 19th century railroad bridge creates an illusion of infinity.

This Sri Lankan cemetery is the final resting place of sci-fi legend Sir Arthur C. Clarke.

This graveyard is the eternal home of many brave pioneers who settled the Great Northwest.

An Iron Age fort on the edge of a seaside cliff offers a glimpse into an ancient, mystical world.

Masterful ceramic fountain and map of the Pacific Basin.