Places Edited by halkoss

James E. Grosjean's Noah's Ark "spectacular display" is a primitive version of animatronics built in 1901 -- showing the biblical story in a moving diorama of animals and choreographed lights.

A ruined tower house fought over in a family feud.

A smiling guardian couple stands beside a department store, carrying folk belief into modern Shibuya

A giant map of western Canada laid out in rocks

This train station's platforms were built extremely narrow to deceive a rather arrogant government official

This log cabin is all that remains from the first European settlement in Utah

One of the only places where you can pay respects to George Washington and Abraham Lincoln as gods

This mural, the largest one in Spain, covers the whole south façade of this reinvented bullring

The birthplace of the beloved colorful crayons right in downtown Easton

The first and only cat cafe in Iceland

A meeting of art and architecture adorns this 5 star hotel

One man’s nostalgic collection of ’50s Americana

Two states disputed a square-mile slice of land for more than a century

Memorial to the victims of the deadliest aviation incident in the UK

This Neolithic Stone Circle is the largest in mainland Scotland

An unusual style of hall-house standing in a beautiful location over an artificial loch

These ruins of a Gothic church hold the tomb of Princess Margaret, Lady of Galloway

Ancient rock art, depicting daily Omani life.

A steam-powered survivor in the Forest of Bowland.

A nearly 200-year-old Catholic mission built to serve the native people of Idaho.

A 16th-century fortress that was a Nazi-era prison and execution site, now a silent memorial.

This cave resembles the Star Wars Jedi master.

A marker commemorates a 1,400-pound wheel of cheese made to honor Andrew Jackson.

Two standing stones are all that remains of a prehistoric installation.