Places Edited by RHyzer

The haunting ruins of a military fortress turned astronomical observatory sit on a Sarajevo mountaintop.

An abandoned hotel in the highlands of Bali is shrouded in stories of ghosts, curses, and corruption.

Local legend has it that the first humans were created in the pools here, leaving their footprints behind in the rock.

The Church of the Annunciation was carved into the face of a cliff, just like the rest of the town of Haute-Isle.

The ship built to ferry passengers and goods to the doomed Titanic is now the last remaining White Star Line vessel.

Inat Kuća, or "House of Spite," is more than just an oddly named restaurant.

This tiny island in the South China Sea is crawling with venomous sea snakes.

A quaint medieval millhouse hovers surprisingly above the waters of the Seine.

This steep cable railway has been hoisting passengers in the heart of Québec City for over a century.

The golden Buddha statue at the Wat Muang Monastery is the tallest in Thailand, and the ninth-tallest in the world.

Otherworldly rock formations and ancient fossils abound in this unique stretch of Nebraska badlands.

"The Dance of Fools" is Japan's largest dance festival.

This 17th-century mausoleum is topped with an acoustic marvel.

The etchings on this narrow channel between two islands bear witness to maritime travelers who have passed through since the Middle Ages.

Quaint, disturbing, and macabre objects are all on display at this intriguing collection of medical instruments from bygone eras.

A once-stately trading fort is now a ruin slowly being consumed by the sea.

This newly renovated Soviet-era outdoor exhibition center is bigger than the principality of Monaco.

This endearingly discomfited urinating statue commemorates the sneaky pees had by us all.

A Franco-era dam flooded (almost) everyone out of this centuries-old Aragonese town.

This protected area in Lake Huron contains some of the world’s best-preserved shipwrecks.

The Atlantis of Cape Cod reemerges during the lowest of tides.

Contrary to what one might expect, ice forms inside this small cavern during the summer and melts during the winter.

A historic covered bridge is but one example of an oddly prevalent American urban legend.

A unique form of erosion created an uncanny landscape of boulders perched atop slender columns of clay.