Places Edited by Lana Velkov

This African beach is home to thousands of rare mainland penguins that are known for their annoying voice.

An abstract monument to a symphonic composer.

A flourishing garden with pigs, donkeys, goats, rabbits, guinea pigs, chickens, ducks, and sheep.

A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

Hauled from the water's depths, Henry VIII's flagship is preserved in this capsule-shaped museum.

The somber sculptures commemorating Irish Famine on the river Liffey in Dublin.

An empty relic of the Moscow Olympics crumbles away in Estonia's capital.

Explore nearly 400 years of English middle-class home life.

The Sun King's military models, saved from the Louvre.

Nikola Tesla's ashes are held in a golden sphere, surrounded by his works.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the 20th century.

Hundreds of Buddhas in a re-discovered Indonesian temple.

A picturesque garden with a surprising past.

Romania's triumphal arch looks out over Bucharest.

Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.

Abstract dinosaur models in London.

Structure built from the skulls of vanquished foes.

Decrepit Victorian public lift is a white-knuckle ride.

The mummified heart of a saint lives on in this church—after a brief hiatus when it was stolen.

The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.

A curious cave church carved into the face of a cliff.