Places Edited by linkogecko

This seaside production studio was built to film 'Titanic' and has been the wet set of choice for other Hollywood productions since.

An eerie smiling woman looms above the granite tombstones.

An 18th-century lighthouse built on a 16th-century castle is now a monument to the maritime beacons of Scotland.

A 1950s eccentric's vision of Eden preserved as a hiking trail.

The ruins of a once-grand mansion in Northern Ireland are now thought to be haunted.

Two churches shoot bottle rockets at each others' bell towers in an unusual Easter celebration.

This heart-shaped island looks substantially less lovely after a recent bulldozing project.

This iconic 1,000-year-old medieval castle is a favorite of the film industry, most notably as the location for Hogwarts in Harry Potter.

"Holy Wisdom" overlooks the city that became its namesake.

A flooded Mexican cave that hides a river beneath the water.

Thanks to the building of a life-giving reservoir, part of the Great Wall of China is now a dive site.

An underwater city for the dead.

A museum in the former home of Marxist revolutionary Leon Trotsky.

A memorial to the thousands of political dissidents imprisoned during the 40-year period of martial law in Taiwan.

The ruins of an ancient city built by Mayan traders is centered around a temple of a sacred feathered serpent deity.

Site of the golf match between James Bond and Goldfinger.

A colorful kitschy temple and floating market off the beaten path.

This historic hydroelectric power plant in Japan has been preserved and is open to the public.

The Rio Lerma (Chignahuapan) in El Salto, Mexico, is one of the most polluted rivers in the world. It’s covered in white foam, and falling in can kill.

At least seven hues of blue and turquoise make this freshwater lagoon unique.

Living fossils in this remote Australian bay provide a glimpse of what Earth may have looked like 3.5 billion years ago.

A stone plaque and a winking pub name are all that remain to remember the victims of deadly 1836 avalanche.

This oddly shaped church resembles a rocket.

The elegant structure of this 19th century railroad bridge creates an illusion of infinity.