Places Edited by halkoss

On this spot in 1989, nearly a thousand people broke through the Iron Curtain.

Soaring mural splashed across 70-year-old silos in Michigan.

A rural church displays a kaleidoscope of local craftsmanship and sacred art.

These megalithic tombs contain some of the largest stones ever moved in prehistory.

A century-old tower with great harbor views in a quiet space, hidden among skyscrapers.

Destroyed by a V-1 flying bomb in 1944, this ruined church is a haunting reminder of the war.

A startling waterfall, not far from a roadside viewpoint.

The world's first fish doorbell monitors this water passageway.

A twisted, six-headed palm tree cursed by a witch, said to spell calamity if its seventh head is allowed to grow.

This museum on San Juan Island is dedicated to the conservation of orca pods.

These ruins of a Soviet children's railway station have a haunted atmosphere.

Explore an underground labyrinth of miniature railroads.

Does this statue depict Thor, or Jesus Christ? Nobody knows.

A hidden wonder displaying insects large and small.

Sway your way across Virginia’s longest river on a rickety wooden bridge.

Texas’s first suspension bridge is still carrying people across the Brazos.

Memorial commemorating the deadliest landslide in U.S. history.

A monument to early air travel and an unhappy cat.

An American crash site from WWII is marked deep in a Swedish forest.

This 13th-century UNESCO-listed "lion's house" mosque is named after a repurposed lion sculpture.

Seven centuries ago, its holy door opened for a forgiveness procession ritual that was later "copied" by the formal Catholic Jubilee.

A tribute to an 18th-century British surveyor.

The largest known wine barrel of the medieval era is visible from the street in Gubbio.

The radical suffragist left striking words on her tombstone.