Places Edited by SEANETTA ALLSASS

An enormous and lavish Gothic church in Czechia.

A turn of the century building boasting some of the most beautiful art nouveau architecture in Prague.

The oldest garden in Prague, once part of an medieval orchard.

A treasure trove of astronomical, mathematical, and scientific instruments at Cambridge University.

A 168-foot tower, part of the abandoned Chester Leadworks facility.

This picturesque view of the Scottish Borders was beloved by Sir Walter Scott.

This Wall Street bar was once a hub of revolutionary activity where Washington famously bid farewell to his troops.

The television series' iconic giant foot was borrowed from this classical painting.

Have a seat with the father of modern computing at this Manchester monument.

A masterpiece of LGBT art has been restored in what may now be the most valuable restroom in America.

The solemn exterior conceals an opulent interior of this 17th century church.

Several plaster noses are hidden in plain sight around London's Soho neighborhood.

One of the last remnants of the Bessemer process that revolutionized steel production during the industrial age.

The oldest living tree in Manhattan comes shrouded in sinister legend.

A humble garage, world-famous for being the epicenter of a technology revolution.

One of the few remaining American elm trees in New York’s Tompkins Square Park was the birthplace of a new religion.

The strange behavior of a tween led to allegations of witchcraft and a curse being placed on anybody within earshot.

Thanks to both terrific preservation and historic vandalism this ancient site is known as the "Heart of Neolithic Orkney."

On a winding Vienna side street, one museum has turned their windows into a monument to history’s peace-minded heroes.

A small literary museum remembers the life and works of the author of The Thirty-Nine Steps.

A 19th-century politician who died after walking home in a blizzard is honored with this Manhattan statue.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

Resting in the middle of an Austrian river, this sci-fi "island" lets people cross in neon style.

Austria's ultra-modern art museum looks like Cthulhu's giant alien heart.