Places Edited by erjeffery

The menacing creature had a tremendous influence on the local culture before being exposed as a hoax.

The world’s largest Masonic temple was saved by the White Stripes.

A stone circle on the slopes of a Caribbean volcano commemorates the leader of an anti-slavery uprising.

This whimsical winery by Antoni Gaudí looks ripped from the pages of a fairytale.

Tiny horses tethered to antique rings are scattered around the city.

The severed head of a 17th-century Irish martyr lies within an intricate golden shrine.

A mummified Spanish monk found in the walls of an Ecuadorian church, alongside a mummified mouse.

An ancient underground cultic temple where sunlight penetrates on the summer solstice.

Italy's third-largest Roman arena gives a peek into the underground operations beneath the ancient spectacles.

A tiny museum in Esperance, Australia, displays a bunch of space debris from NASA’s Skylab.

This former iron ore mine comes alive with fascinating stories of its history.

The tomb was guarded by soldiers from both sides of the war, and some left their initials carved in the brick.

Someone left a Boeing 737 in a field in southern Bali.

The eclectic observatory castle of a 19th-century astronomer and explorer.

Famous and forgotten figures lie beneath the faded headstones and decaying planks of wood.

The palace window through which Protestant nobles flung two Catholic regents, thus sparking the Thirty Years' War.

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

Hop aboard a charming bog train to explore this rare open-air museum of peat.

The surviving pieces of an ancient aqueduct that may have fed into the lost Hanging Gardens of Babylon.

The remains of the oldest synagogue in Britain lay forgotten for seven centuries, hidden under a humble shop.

A half-mile-long stretch of medieval forts built after a devastating pirate attack persists amid the modern port city.

Locals perched on icy thrones brave frigid temperatures during this bizarre winter tradition.

A quirky Poe-themed joint on an island keen to celebrate its overlooked connection to the famous writer.

A rare tour of an aristocrat's private home reveals valuable 17th-century paintings from artists like Rembrandt.