Places Edited by halkoss

The smallest walk-in museum in the United States, this miniature museum preserves and displays a range of historic manuscripts.

A library in Germany displays a likeness that some believe is William Shakespeare.

Remnant of a largely forgotten struggle over resource scarcity.

The devil-defying mark left by a saint as a boy is visible inside Lisbon's cathedral.

At this bright and vibrant museum in Mexico City, you can make your own custom scent.

Sprawling archeological site of an 8th-century Islamic castle.

A statue for a zoo that was never built.

This historic bridge connects Whidbey Island to Fidalgo Island across whirlpool-filled waters.

These unique and ever-changing caves are a wonder of Iceland.

A prison-turned-museum sheds light on modern Turkish history.

Rendering of a comic-book hero turned Luxembourg national symbol.

Behind Hong Kong Stadium stands a memorial to one of the city’s most tragic disasters.

Hidden tunnels have sheltered the people of a Czech town for centuries.

Benjamin Lay, a fiery abolitionist, is buried outside the Quaker meeting house that disowned him for his beliefs.

This historic vessel on display in Massachusetts made a dozen scientific expeditions into the Arctic.

Commemorating Frankfurt's Jewish community and 11,908 victims of the Holocaust.

Tour part of the Maginot Line bunker system built to defend France against a German invasion.

No one knows why this round stone structure was built on a hilltop in Wales.

Thousands of rare and sculptural desert plants are cultivated in a surreal, open-air landscape unlike anything else on Mallorca.

St. Peter’s, in Western Germany, has stood as a masterpiece of Romanesque architecture since 1181.

A mid-14th-century tower that served as a prison for Spanish nobles.

Visitors take revenge upon the statue of a traitor made to kneel at the tomb of his enemy.

It’s one of the hottest places in the world, but this canyon looks like it’s covered in snow.

A priceless work by the 17th-century Dutch master is on display in the parish church of a French village.