Places Edited by erjeffery

Conspiracy theories and occult legends surround this mysterious natural rock formation.

A diminutive plaque recalls the treetop sniper who almost killed Abe Lincoln.

The majority of the museum's large collection is held in a storage space open to the public a few times a year.

You feel like you're in a forest, but you're actually walking amidst the branches and trunks of a single giant tree.

The lengthy skeleton of one of the tallest Spaniards of all time is on display in Madrid.

Plymouth's huge yet little-known memorial to the Pilgrims.

Eight naturally mummified bodies in glass coffins are housed in an underground crypt.

A collection of heirloom roses tucked in a spectacularly beautiful botanical garden on Lake Atitlan.

The world's largest key collection features keys to the White House, Frankenstein's castle, and Hitler's bunker.

Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.

This oddly placed 15th-century church is one of only six bridge chapels left in England.

The only Native American museum along the Oregon Trail, run by the peoples who have lived on the land for generations.

This amateur-built East African church with mismatched towers is an architectural abnormality.

A wacky, UFO-shaped house in a suburban neighborhood.

The granite head appears to be deep in thought and half buried in the ground.

A jewel of early electric boosterism once again charms Connecticut's historic "Hat City."

The only substantial part of Nazi Germany's formidable defensive line through Northern Italy that survives today, largely intact.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

His body was found mysteriously preserved in a Swedish mine over 40 years after his initial disappearance.

A 30-foot stack of piano keys memorializes one of the greatest keys players in jazz history.

The main gates have been locked since 1745 and will remain so until the Stuart Dynasty returns to the throne.

In this pristine Ecuadorian hippie town, residents remain active well into their eighties and nineties.

A historic custom house with ties to George Washington is now a shrine to local nautical history.

There are eight natural springs around town, each with a slightly different taste.