Places Edited by Sarah Durn

According to Greek mythology, this natural spring is the home of a freshwater nymph.

The ruins in this village were caused by something more sinister than neglect.

Could this controversial parietal bone be the remains of the famed French philosopher?

Perhaps the most obscure, simplistic Banksy installation found in Bristol or in the entire world.

Saint Borromeo often prayed in this austere crypt during the 16th century.

Montmartre's sole surviving windmill became an iconic landmark for 19th-century painters, artists, and bohemians.

This family-owned canteen has been selling goat milk ice cream since 1933.

Step aboard the first ship to circumnavigate North America.

The initials "GW" mark where one of Scotland's most important Protestant martyrs was burned at the stake.

Wash down heaping platters of meze with raki at one of the city's best taverns.

This seven-sided Romanesque chapel is regarded as the oldest building in Rovinj.

One of the city's oldest pubs displays a skull said to belong to the country's last witch burned at the stake.

This 17th-century passageway is home to numerous bookshops, a witch legend, and the oldest pizzeria in the world.

At almost 900 feet long, this is Bulgaria's longest suspension bridge and the only way to reach the small village of Lisitsite.

Positioned outside a church, this sinister folkloric figure incited protests in both 1902 and 2002.

Dishes are packed with flavor at one of the only Singaporean restaurants in Paris.

Trimmings from the record-setting tree line that surrounds Cirencester Park have been used to manufacture chemotherapy drugs.

One of Hollywood's most iconic actresses was born in an upscale Brussels neighborhood in 1929.

One of the most studied Iron Age settlements in Europe.

Kingly French toast comes soaked in milk or red wine, then drizzled in a citrus-perfumed syrup.

This three-story Victorian mansion is now home to the National Park Service’s Historic Preservation Training Center headquarters.

This taberna has been frying up crunchy salt cod since 1860.

Evanston's historic railroad complex saved this rail town from reaching the "end of the line."

A freedman baker’s lavish tomb has a relief showing various stages of Roman bread making.