Places Edited by Alan Newman

This beautiful, historic church looks like something out of a simpler past.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

Built in 1911, the Tees Transporter Bridge is one of only six transporter bridges still in operation.

An engraved stone in a village church claims to be the grave of a minuscule folk legend.

This tiny little pool is said to be home to a malicious mermaid named Jenny Greenteeth.

The Midwest's reigning king of surplus stores is full of nothing you need and everything you want.

This Tuscan lake hides a 13th century town that is still visible when the water recedes.

The highest peak in Wales is said to be the final resting place of a giant killed by King Arthur.

The picturesque birthplace of Icelandic democracy is drenched in the blood of its brutal past.

The last of the 19th-century booze-free bars has been slinging teetotal tonics for over a century.

The largest whale museum in Europe allows visitors to walk among life-size giants.

The largest oak in England is said to have been the hideout of Robin Hood and his Merry Men.

This underground church is topped with a 500-foot cross that is seen by many as a beacon of fascist hubris.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

After mysteriously refusing to surrender at the end of World War II this sunken submarine was only salvaged in a search for Nazi gold.

The world's largest collection of artifacts from our history of industrial gas use is hard to simply pass.

Downtown Minneapolis mixed art and function by turning some of their sewer covers into works of art.

The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.

This sculpture is an instrument played by the swell of the seas.

This natural Icelandic fissure allows divers to swim right between two volatile tectonic plates.

The community pools that the community refused to give up on.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

Elaborate tile work in this railway station tells the story of Portugal.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.