Places Edited by michellecassidy1

This now-abandoned outcrop is an important Native American spiritual site, overtaken by European settlers and mining pollution.

This Norman castle was once the site of a Victorian-era prison, and now exists as a luxury hotel.

Many of Edinburgh's more unsavory characters spent their final days behind this door while awaiting their executions.

Since 1947, this living history museum has been providing an immersive look at life in Plymouth Colony.

The home of a formerly enslaved man who went on to become a prospector, entrepreneur, and activist for Black rights.

The Lowcountry color with the power to stop evil from entering a home.

Inside, visitors are treated to the rich history of sugar farming and its impact on Hawaiian society.

Rowdy rebels fortified this home during the first popular uprising in United States history.

A monument to the more than one million enslaved Africans deported from the port of Ouidah.

Remnants of the Nazis' occupation of Denmark linger along the sand.

This anthropological museum offers a glimpse into the lives of the Indigenous peoples of the Amazon River Basin.

This mom-and-pop Japanese sweets shop has been serving cloud-light mochi for almost a century.

In the 19th century, this was the center of Boston's Black community.

Often mistaken for an office building, inside this venue is an amazing collection of Native Alaskan art.

The singer, actor, and activist lived here during his final years, and now it’s a museum dedicated to his legacy.

Its vast collection details the history of this Santa Barbara beach town.

This museum explores the lives of Chang and Eng, the "Original Siamese Twins."

This stone amphitheater was once part of Nazi Germany's plan to promote propaganda.

A collection documenting Nazi occupation of Norway, including a painting believed to be made by Hitler.

A historic Black graveyard hidden in the parking lot of one of America's largest malls.

A unique set of caves that spits waves back out into the ocean.

An ode to one of the first concerts broadcast via satellite.

This remote Moravian mission brought Christianity—as well as devastation—to the Inuit people.

A museum in the building where Nazi Germany signed its surrender tells the story of World War II from the Soviet perspective.