Places Edited by SEANETTA ALLSASS

This shale formation along the Appalachian Trail once inspired the third president of the United States.

This plaque in one of London's oldest public hospitals commemorates the first meeting of two of Britain's most famous literary heroes: Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

America's oldest Italian restaurant is a San Francisco institution.

This unique formation appears as though an asteroid landed on the forest.

This unassuming alcove in London’s famous Tower Bridge once served to capture, store, and display dead bodies from the River Thames.

The largest terracotta fountain in the world, built to commemorate Britain’s Victorian achievements.

A sculpture that commemorates an iconic photo of urban Scotland's past.

Built in 1906, this unique building was the first Hindu temple in the United States.

An eatery within a Bay Area Buddhist temple pulls off all your favorite Vietnamese classics without the meat.

This coin collecting cod is over 130 years old, and the United Kingdom's smallest listed structure.

A once extravagant mansion, now reduced to ruin.

A museum dedicated to one of Paris’s most famous residents, tucked into a corner of one of the city’s most famous squares.

One of four sister bronze sculptures dedicated to the widows and orphans of an 1881 tragedy.

This bronze statue stands throughout the year and illustrates an urgent message about the environment.

Mining, a local filmmaker, and a philanthropist doctor all commemorated within a small space in suburban Edinburgh

Semaphore saints, a golden dragon's head, and a stone carved with religious warnings all call this cathedral home.

Fake subway tiles were installed to cover a design that resembled the Confederate flag—it's unclear if the resemblance was intentional.

This hydraulic power system in London was, at one time, seen as a rival to electricity and the last of its kind to shut down.

It's said that at this location, a Scottish poet met the Queen of the Fairies.

A remarkable feat of Victorian engineering across the Firth of Forth.

The first mural ever dedicated to the women of the Black Panther Party.

A powerful statue sits on Scalestone Point, looking out over Morecambe Bay.

The abandoned buildings of a hospital that saw most of its activity during the World Wars.

This Sheffield sculpture composed of 17,000 Allen keys honors both urban falcons and a furniture icon.