Places Edited by MrCarl

The complex has been abandoned since the Croatian War of Independence, barring a stint as a set for 'Game of Thrones.'

This statue honors the thousands of Allied avians that served and died for France during World War I.

This terrifying glass bridge on the side of a mountain cracks as you step on it.

Obscure Freemasons still live in D.C.’s largest private residence.

The largest open-air contemporary art center in South America is a unique experience in the Atlantic Forest.

Part of the medieval watchtower is displayed in an otherwise ordinary parking garage.

A mammoth pair of Civil War artillery guns abandoned out in the forest.

At 72 feet below sea level, it's the lowest commercial airport in the world.

Local legend says the remains of Father Christmas lie within the medieval grounds.

The fifth tallest statue in the United States is a shirtless monument to the oil worker.

An abandoned theme park with a strange and tumultuous past.

A disconnected rotary phone for "calling" lost loved ones offered a unique way of dealing with grief in disaster-stricken Japan.

For 150 years one family has been producing the iconic hot sauce on a bayou island made of salt.

This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.

No one knows who created the statues or if they are arranged properly—let alone the artwork's real name.

These towering spires and glowing walls are carefully crafted from hundreds of thousands of icicles.

This unassuming museum's slogan translates to “there is a limit of sadness, anxiety has no limits."

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

Once the largest unsupported dome in the world, beating out the Pantheon and St Peters in Rome.

This scalding hot river was thought to be a myth until one geoscientist made it his quest to study the mystical waters.

The not-quite-incorruptible St. Bernadette is perhaps the most beautiful of preserved saints—with a little help from Paris.

This one-woman cemetery was a small civil rights victory.

A plaque marks the spot on the bridge where one of the first elephants in the U.S., Little Bet, was gunned down.

This ghost town was once a cult-like religious utopian settlement.