Places Edited by ladytecate

This 36-foot-tall bronze Lady Liberty holds a real flaming torch.

A likeness of Da Vinci's mysterious painting smiles at passersby from the side of a barn.

This historic early-20th-century building still boasts some of its original features.

This century-old painting of a portly 10-foot-tall man spent years hidden behind plaster.

A medieval castle in the middle of rural Texas.

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.

The final remnant of the Arkansas zinc industry is this historically protected ghost town.

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.

Marking the spot where a conquistador gave up his search for the fabled Seven Cities of Gold.

The Bucyrus-Erie model 1850B electric shovel, or "Big Brutus," the largest existing electric shovel in the world.