Places Edited by Mila Tanghe

A tour to spot Scotland's once-vanished birds of prey.

This decommissioned fireboat is now an exhibition on Hong Kong’s firefighting and sea rescue history.

The settlement of a leading abolitionist who inspired one of America's most influential novels.

A museum preserving the remnants of three villages submerged by Der Lake.

This house tells the story of Mussolini's most outspoken critic and of Italy's turbulent 1920s.

A city park that once housed live spider monkeys and today features a working miniature train.

The sacred slope said to mark the gateway to the underworld.

A rare remnant of Finland’s Soviet-occupied past.

This little patch of Europe remained neutral for more than a century because of a mine.

Europe's longest Hornbeam tunnel.

Before construction of the famous Tintagel Castle, this site in Cornwall was likely a prosperous Dark Age trading port.

Cervantes’ Don Quixote lives on in mosaics at this La Mancha winery.

This oceanfront cave was the site of a 17th-century massacre.

Though Guinness took away its record, Romedenne’s 1998 wheelbarrow remains the biggest of them all.

A hollowed tree transformed into a fairytale wonder.

An eclectic Buddhist temple packed with pop-culture icons.

Two very different statues celebrate the literary legacy of this medieval Dordogne town.

A Norman-style castle, 1850s Irish cottage, and cultural center in the heart of Phoenix.

This bullet spent 34 years lodged in the chest of Waruhiu Itote, a Mau Mau guerrilla fighter who resisted British colonial rule in the 1950s.

A museum complex preserving Malawian history and art, and renowned for its woodcarving tradition.

This statue of the Virgin and Child is said to have miraculously changed its position during the 1692 earthquake.

Orozco’s fiery mural that brought the Mexican Muralist Movement to the U.S.

This Moorish fortress has guarded Málaga from the slopes of Gibralfaro hill for nearly a thousand years.

A century-old landmark that once employed Sinclair Lewis and is still known for its ghost stories.