Places Edited by halkoss

A memorial dedicated to a traveling circus elephant killed by a lightning strike in 1972.

A museum dedicated to the musical instruments used in traditional Moroccan music.

A museum about rituals, ghosts, and demons from around Asia, set in the middle of the peaceful Jiufen.

A hidden gem of Hobart’s past, now a park with panoramic views and plenty of history.

You can stand in three U.S. states at once.

This larger-than-life lime green gummy bear sits in the middle of a roundabout in Spain.

This down-home diner has been serving up comfort foods for over 100 years.

Widely advertised as Amsterdam’s narrowest street, this passage was once a highlight of the Red Light District before its windows closed.

The first post office in Toronto still operates today, complete with quill pens and ink for writing letters.

This grave remembers the beloved canine companion of soldiers far from home.

These graves are a rare example of Napoleonic Prisoner of War Graves in Britain.

A preserved relic of the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair and a center of Swedish American Culture.

Slip in a slide while waiting for the ferry.

See how Laura Ingalls lived on the Minnesota prairie.

After traveling the world, one of the last remaining fully-rigged three masted iron-hulled cargo ship in the world found its home in New York.

It may no longer take overnight guests, but the Martin still makes out-of-towners feel at home—just like it has for the past century.

This most unusual dragon is made of recycled Chinese cutlery.

This sculpture of a pylon is upside down and askew, as if its main purpose is to confuse passersby.

This abandoned building, which is the second-largest structure on the Maltese island of Comino, has a complicated past.

On moonless nights, it's said that you can still hear the church bell of a village that was swept out of the dunes and lost to the rising sea.

A mysterious concrete hand reaches out from between the stones of Uniwersytecki bridge.

According to Greek mythology, this natural spring is the home of a freshwater nymph.

Curated with the cooperation of the passengers and their families, this museum tells the story of the 29 victims and 16 survivors of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571.

This modest relic, with rich history as a strategic fort through multiple eras.