Places Edited by Martin

Templar knights fleeing persecution are said to have left this sword in stone as a landmark in 1307.

Although he donated over 3,000 acres to Los Angles, Griffith's life was marred by controversy.

The remains of this castle, known as the Witch’s Eye, watch over the Thur Valley.

A rare example of an ancient Japanese hill castle believed to be the fortress of a legendary demon.

This abandoned villa of makeshift buildings was once the home of dancer Elis Sinistö.

The site of Japan's first major environmental disaster.

An abandoned village, frozen in time by the threat of a landslide.

Τhis feline monument commemorates fallen soldiers on a field that saw many, many battles.

Standing for over 200 years, the abandoned home of a Revolutionary War hero and later a succession of prison superintendents.

A story of cutlasses carelessly carving a celibate centenarian's cemetery stone.

The oldest surviving wooden bridge over Rhine lets travelers cross easily from Switzerland to Liechtensten.

The real-life site of Ichabod Crane's infamous gourd attack.

Replica of an old Esso filling station, complete with Wayne gravity pump and outhouse.

To fit bodies into this Renaissance crypt, they were first left to decompose in the crypt's rotting room.

This medieval hilltop village was abandoned at the end of the 19th century, after existing for more than 500 years.

Once the legendary capital of the Dacian Kingdom, this city has been reduced to mere ruins.

The “Sistine Chapel” of the Middle Ages merges 11th-century science and religion in wondrous hues.

The former home of the world-famous Templeton Carpet Factory.

In northeastern Poland, the ruins of a massive granary overlook the Narew River.

These ruins have been linked to a sherbet factory that exploded, but the story may be entirely fictional.

This bell tower is the only one of its kind in the Netherlands and was a symbol of prestige.

One of the most valuable palace-garden complexes in the eastern borderlands—and one of the most haunted.

The world's first combination ski slope and power plant.

Inside this magnificent 12th-century church is one of the finest carved wagon-roofs in all of England.