Places Edited by Ella Morton

In legend, this ancient dolmen was said to have been created when a troll tried to destroy a church.

The abandoned Bermudian home of a British naval leader is surrounded by crumbling sporting fields and the graves of convicts.

Twisted girders are all that remain of an Icelandic bridge that was wiped out by a combination of volcanic heat and glacial floods.

Collecting 700 years of mechanical death-dealing, the NRA's sprawling gun museum is a revealing testament to the American obsession with armament.

This grave marks the final resting place of a legendary frontiersman... unless it doesn't.

This whimsical stacked cabin looks like something out of a children's book.

Once a strategically imperative naval base, portions of this Bermuda dock complex now serve cruise ships.

After a water tower painting was accused of being an ad, a simple fix was made that gave the city a motto.

The man who is mainly remembered for a chicken dish he had nothing to do with is buried under a large concrete dome.

This French "sea of rocks" is packed with stunning rock formations and its own medieval castle.

America's largest viking stands in a Minnesota city that believes it was visited by the ancient nords.

This odd little home was built right into an African rock face.

This odd Chilean waterfall-cano hotel must be entered via a rope bridge.

If you want to get married in the White Marble City of Ashgabat, you should do it in this surreal disco ball building.

This remote eatery and museum is preserved as a time capsule of a small Icelandic fishing town.

This bizarre English competition answers the important question: how many worms can YOU coax out of the ground?

Plains of ash and pair of semi-active volcanoes contribute to the otherworldly beauty of this little-known Vanuatu island.

This lurid German fountain plots the sad course of marriage from dating to death.

Each year this small English village becomes overrun with outlandish straw men.

An angular maze of concrete in Grand Rapids acts both as public art and as a staircase for fish traveling upstream.

This ancient burial mound is accessed by an impressive Greek-built archway.

This semi-hidden Manhattan restaurant is based out of a loading dock.

This monster fiberglass crustacean stands watch over the self-proclaimed "lobster capital of the world."

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.