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Sarah Durn is an editor and writer at Popular Science. Previously, she worked as an associate editor at Atlas Obscura and, before that, as the 2021-22 editorial fellow. Based in New Orleans, Louisiana, Sarah has written for The New York Times, National Geographic, and Smithsonian, among others. Her first book, The Beginner's Guide to Alchemy, was published by Callisto and Rockridge Press in May 2020. Sarah also worked as Culture Trip's New Orleans writer, where she wrote and edited pieces about her adopted home.
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Eminence, Missouri

Wild Horses of Shannon County

It's as if the herds walked straight out of a fairy tale into the Missouri wilds.

Wallace stands looking out over a slightly different angle of Scott's View.

Melrose, Scotland

The Sir William Wallace Statue

This massive, 30-foot-tall statue of the famed Scottish knight overlooks a grassy knoll.

007 Museum

Södra Nybro, Sweden

007 Museum-Nybro

Believed to be the first museum dedicated to the films in the world.

Inside the church

Ano Syros, Greece

Catholic Church of Agios Georgios

On top of a hill, this Catholic church overlooks the most Catholic island in Greece.

The central cieling mural

Guadalajara, Mexico

Hospicio Cabañas

One of the oldest hospitals in the Americas is now decorated in hallucinatory murals.

Within the flat enclose of the D-shaped fort

Monreith, Scotland

Barsalloch Fort

A 2,000-year-old Iron Age fort offers stunning ocean views.

Seminário de Santa Teresinha

Raposeira, Portugal

Seminário de Santa Teresinha

A devasting 2020 fire left this historic seminary in ruins.

The water tower and mosaic pebbles

Ingleby Arncliffe, England

Ingleby Arncliffe Water Tower

A vintage fire engine is hidden inside this World War I-era water tower.

9904 Colesville Road (Polychrome II)

Silver Spring, Maryland

Polychrome Historic District

These five Art Deco homes were meant to solve the "small house problem."

The museum with clocktower (left) and Technocratic Cathedral

Stratford, Connecticut

Boothe Memorial Park

This eclectic homestead is home to a miniature windmill and Connecticut's last tollbooth.

Entrance via Priesterweg station.

Berlin, Germany

Natur-Park Südgelände

Art installations, derelict railcars, and endangered grasshoppers all call this south Berlin park home.

Soldiers & Sailors Observatory

Indianapolis, Indiana

Soldiers & Sailors Observatory

This Indianapolis landmark offers a secret panoramic view of the city. 

The inside of the synagogue

Golan

Ein Keshatot (Spring of the Arches)

This sixth-century synagogue was first reconstructed digitally, then in real life.

Statue of King Æthelberht

Kent, England

Queen Bertha and King Æthelberht

Today, Kent's medieval monarchs hold court on a busy pedestrian thoroughfare—or at least their statues do.

Mountfitchet Castle walls and siege tower

Stansted, England

Mountfitchet Castle

This reconstructed Norman castle is the world's most accurate, from location to livestock.

Lady Well

Glasgow, Scotland

Lady Well

This ancient holy well is older than much of the city that surrounds it.

Mulkot Mirror Wall

Purano Jhangajholi, Nepal

Mulkot Mirror Wall

This twisty section of highway in the Himalayan foothills is lined with thousands of small mirrors.

Croft Moraig Stone Circle entry stones

Aberfeldy, Scotland

Croft Moraig Stone Circle

This Neolithic stone circle is the most complete of its kind in Scotland.

Turning Point Plaza viewed from the back side of the memorial

Lorton, Virginia

Turning Point Suffragist Memorial

The first national memorial to honor all women suffragists stands on land where suffragists were once imprisoned.

Ardchattan Priory

Ardchattan, Scotland

Ardchattan Priory

A private home envelops the ruins of this 13th-century priory.

Mounted knight in gold trim armour with war hammer

London, England

The Wallace Collection Armory

An eccentric Victorian aristocrat's enormous collection of medieval armor and weapons from around the world.

Arches of the Ru du Pan Perdu from below

Chatillon, Italy

Ru du Pan Perdu

For centuries this cliffside aqueduct was believed to be of Roman origin, but it actually dates to the medieval era.

The Nether Wallop Pyramid

Nether Wallop, England

Douce Mausoleum

Inspired by the colossal pyramids at Giza, this 15-foot structure is believed to be the first funerary pyramid in Great Britain.

Nancy the Elephant Tombstone Monument

Moultrie, Georgia

Nancy the Elephant Tombstone Monument

A life-sized baby elephant tombstone marks the grave of a circus owner at a country church in southern Georgia.

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