Places Edited by Dylan Thuras

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

This impressive clifftop temple was once at the center of an international custody dispute.

This campus chapel is Robert E. Lee's final resting place and a topic of debate about the legacy of the Civil War.

This Shetland Islands bus shelter may be small, but it squeezes in a couch, a desk, some art, and even an old telly.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

Soaring over 6,000 feet in the Bavarian Alps, this beer garden was once Hitler's 50th birthday present.

This gracefully curving formation looks like a massive wave that was suddenly turned to stone.

A 19th-century Baja cantina that many say is the birthplace of the margarita.

This historic black and white monastery is one of Bulgaria's architectural jewels.

A working monastery hidden away in Brooklyn once abutted the location of a former inebriate's home.

This simple stone memorial remembers a secret, Geneva Convention-defying interrogation base from WWII.

This frequently-photographed waterfall takes only a short hike to visit.

This artificial ring island was built to hold cubic tons of polluted dirt.

This Cambodian riverbed is covered in ancient Hindu carvings both above and below the waters.

Behold the rickety glory of one of the oldest roller coasters still standing.

One of the U.S. Forest Service's only mansions is outfitted with a dinner table for floating food.

This ancient bridge made of stone slabs is said to be reserved for the devil to sunbathe.

The birthplace of the builder of the Statue of Liberty is now a museum dedicated to his work.

This grand Pakistani mausoleum can only be accessed via an almost 1,000 foot long alleyway.

This German version of Universal Studios holds a vault of treasures from the NeverEnding Story.

Former hunting lodge of a duke who was an avid collector of impressionist works.

This steamship has been beautifully rusting off the coast of an Iranian island since the 1960s.

This Australian beach is composed of tiny shells.

An eerie and beautiful group of columns mark the site of a grand mansion lost to time and fire.