Places Edited by Mila Tanghe

The scenic ruins of one of the first Catholic churches built in Brazil.

From a distance it looks like a real castle, but up close everything is slightly too small.

A century-old fort from Stockholm’s “Sausage Line” defenses.

This local museum documents centuries of history along the Mississippi, from mound builders to massive quakes.

A collection of railroad cars filled with skeletons, model planets and curiosities collected over decades.

A canopy trail with sweeping views and a giant tunnel slide.

Exploring the Netherlands’ textile past and future under one roof.

A remnant of the Franco-Prussian War, lodged in the city's walls.

A hidden fishing village on Sicily's Ionian coast, known for the legend of a shepherd, a nymph, and a jealous Cyclops.

The Acropolis house that became Modern Greece’s first university.

Home of the Daffodil Festival, Castle Craig, and a ghostly hound.

Twelve towering statues once destined for Pécs Cathedral, now sheltering under arches.

This little-known telescope was the world’s second largest when it was built in 1935.

The unlikely Art Deco shrine to marbrite, a vanished glass.

From a 1930s bathing beach to a 1970s dumping ground, this stretch of Buenos Aires is now its largest and wildest reserve.

Among Europe’s most spectacular Ice Age painted caves still accessible today.

An Amsterdam School landmark combining a museum and social housing.

A tribute to the riders who bridged East and West.

Cross towering trestles and tunnels on a historic canyon rail trail.

An ancient burial site that lights up with the winter solstice.

5,000 years of East and Southeast Asian art in the heart of Bath.

A stunning modern interpretation of a Roman temple.

A haunting museum chronicling the bloodiest battlefield of World War I.

One of the world’s oldest surviving convict prisons, once the scene of daring escapes and riots.