Places Edited by Martin

Occupied for six centuries by Franciscan Order nuns, this monastery is an amazing ode to Catalán Gothic architecture.

This former lifeboat house now used by a funeral service was the site of a 19th-century boating tragedy.

The medieval legend behind this holy well was one of the inspirations behind "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland."

This tower is all that remains of a 19th-century schoolhouse that became a famous music venue before its destruction.

This cabin from the 1850s is one of the first structures built by Chinese immigrants in California.

This park is home to California's first oil boomtown, with structures that have stood for more than a century.

In 1958, an MIT fraternity pledge laid down on this bridge and instituted a new, unique unit of measurement.

The original place where water met land in the City by the Bay is outlined in brass.

This gravestone and its inscription inspired a movement that has spanned generations and saved countless lives.

One-of-a-kind museum inside the first Boeing 747-400 ever made.

An unusual "skull with ears" sits in the crypt of this small church tucked away at the end of a narrow alley.

The world’s first stop-motion film was created on the racetrack outside this building.

A creepy statue of a hooded ghost hauls itself up from the water in a historic Lithuanian city.

An antique store houses the last operational diner from the defunct department store chain.

Its tremendous toad is actually a five-story museum and viewing platform.

Where an 11th-century flying monk crash landed after attempting to take to the skies.

This lonely rock has been turned into a character loved and feared by children.

The most southern point you can drive to in the Western Hemisphere.

A sculpture dedicated to Napa Valley's oldest mineral water company.

Legend says this mysterious stone head belongs to a woman who was petrified by an alchemist.

This Arctic mining town is home to a cat that's spent years masquerading as a fox.

The unexpectedly beloved remnants of a controversial thermal power plant.

Abandoned for 60 years, this submerged bridge was completely forgotten until the lake was drained.

This unusual subway stop was originally a real estate office.