Places Edited by mayalao

A thin golden line commemorates the deadliest terrorist attack in recent German history.

Impressively shaped, perfectly balanced boulders perched on the edge of a sea-cliff.

A working farm as life was in the 1920s.

The Ortega family started their iconic food company in this small, adobe kitchen.

A Victorian gravestone has a carving of a safety device invented in the 1860s that is still saving lives today.

Wisconsin’s oldest Chinese restaurant, still glowing beneath its historic neon sign.

Historic Lee family homestead built in 1785, later serving as a private home and a Civil War hospital.

According to local legend, anyone who falls on these temple steps will turn into a cat.

A 19th-century mill complex once powered by three waterways still leaves visible traces in the woods.

A haunting medieval cloister that once served as the friars’ burial ground.

A perfectly preserved 19th-century mill that can still run today.

A lone traffic cone perched on a ledge has remained unmoved since at least 2011, unofficially earning the status of a tiny Chicago landmark.

A hidden canyon deep in the woods of Indiana offers visitors a spectacular experience in nature.

One of “America’s Most Endangered Historic Places” is a building shaped like a giant turtle.

The childhood home of the author of Pelle the Conqueror.

The secret centuries-old German cemetery in the heart of the Vatican.

Colorful turkeys gobble and greet delighted visitors.

Part of Seattle’s Ravenna Creek Drop project, these capsules preserve seeds of plants that predated the city.

A seven-foot-tall cast concrete Native American Chief stands on the south railing of the historic Commerce Street Bridge, commissioned in 1914.

Lego blocks now patch Rouen's WWII scars.

A place of meditation and prayer, the grotto is a replica of the one in Lourdes, built in gratitude for the healing of a seminary priest. This is the first pilgrimage to take place on August 15 north of the Seine.

A museum that dives into Sweden’s maritime past through preserved shipwrecks and interactive exhibits.

This abandoned building with a murky history has been both a school and a prison.

An old brick section of the original Lincoln Highway in a quiet neighborhood outside of town.