Places Edited by Kerry Wolfe

A local tree surgeon has created a whimsical walk full of carved tree stumps near Scotland's Loch Lomond.

Carved initials which are nearly 500 years old preserve the deposed Queen's presence at Hampton Court Palace.

When it opened during the final years of the embargo, all the drinks and cigars were free.

This hidden green space is the city's second largest conservatory.

A relic from one of London's worst 19th-century slums.

The luxurious circular mansion built for a Communist leader now lies abandoned.

The maze-like transportation hub contains abandoned areas, derelict stores, and a resident bat colony.

This historic motel standing at the "crossroads of America" offers a radio in every room and was saved by local protesters.

A small museum contains one of the largest collections of ethnic and traditional headgear in the world.

Road signs in Namibia mark the location of one of the five major circles of latitude.

A gardener saved a beloved clock face from destruction by building it into a wall outside his house.

This almost-forgotten underground dungeon housed several convicts over the years, including Caravaggio.

Though they've since been renamed, these two streets hint at Dublin's darker days.

A statue honors the children who fought Nazis in Poland.

The statues commemorate the legendary mass killing of escaped circus monkeys.

A small island hides in plain sight on Austin's Lady Bird Lake.

Over 75 historically themed murals grace the walls of a small Washington city.

The site of Austria's biggest concentration camp now honors its victims.

Go back 50 years with a turn on one of the park's carefully restored vintage fairground rides.

The alleged birthplace of Lady Jane Grey, who was executed at age 16 for claiming the throne of England.

Color-coded signs direct drivers on a network of routes designed to avoid Pittsburgh traffic.

The marble facade hides a little-known medical museum with early surgical instruments and rare copies of canonical texts.

An impressive collection of farm equipment and other artifacts from life on the prairie.

A tribute to a man who defied the Nazis until his last breath.