Places Edited by Inkythistle

Founded in 1961, this comic shop is said to be the oldest in the world.

Deep into the lower floors of Pike Place, find a date with fowl fate.

A giant snail sculpture looking longingly at the German traffic museum.

For decades, Puerta del Sol has been illuminated by a giant, guitar-wielding bottle of sherry.

This 18th-century folly is one of Europe's rare "garden mosques."

This enormous censer uses a pulley system installed over 400 years ago.

A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.

This grand old 80-foot sequoia towers above the buildings in the city’s retail center.

Thanks to an acoustic anomaly, this unassuming stone bench has heard one hundred years of secrets.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

The oldest restaurant in the world is this old-world Spanish eatery, still known for its suckling pig.

These bronze pamphlets remember a remarkable group of Germans who fearlessly opposed the Nazis in the very center of their power.

Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.

Go surfing on this urban wave, "hacked" by local surfers.

The footprint of a frustrated devil in Munich's Cathedral.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.