Places Edited by halkoss

The final resting place of the father of American beekeeping.

A somber statue commemorating a Danish merfolk-tale.

This permanent exhibition showcases the historical significance and cultivation of pineapples.

French sculptor Paul Moreau-Vauthier transformed the site of a 19th-century massacre into a haunting memorial.

This avian-shaped stone that once held the hearts of Aztec human sacrifices now lies at the feet of Christ inside a Catholic church.

The smallest bar in Amsterdam has stayed in the family since 1798.

Located in a heritage building, this Mickey D's is missing its Golden Arches.

This replica of a Sarajevo fountain stands at the heart of the world’s largest Bosnian diaspora community.

Go deep on these fascinating fish, and get a bonus lesson on the importance of marine conservation.

The world’s oldest active sailing ship.

A dramatic coastline that’s home to a rare pine tree.

Lombard Street may be more famous, but this is the real “crookedest street in the world.”

Established in 1950, this humble burger joint is the oldest surviving one in Japan.

This is not Madame Tussaud’s wax museum.

A community heritage center on an overlooked island in the Sierra Leone River estuary.

This abandoned concrete building was once hailed as an innovative architectural marvel, originally built to store sugar.

This enormous fiberglass cow near Death Valley National Park once graced a casino roof in Las Vegas.

This feat of German engineering is one of the only elevators in the world following a curved path.

A tilted water tank turned tourist attraction.

This Medieval tannery was accidentally discovered in 2002.

Latvia’s first skyscraper, nicknamed ‘Stalin’s birthday cake.’

A seismograph and a bunker from the Cold War still sit under this university building.

Take a lick of the legendary homemade miso paste that protected this Buddhist temple’s scrolls from a fire centuries ago.

The Gulf’s longest fishing pier is a year-round paradise for catch-and-release whoppers.