Places Edited by SEANETTA ALLSASS

A particularly disconcerting tribute to Irish martyrs.

Possibly the oldest living thing in Europe, more likely a pagan survivor.

A Victorian school for poverty stricken waifs has been preserved as a museum to their donated education.

The most iconic structure in Scotland has been home to bishops, colonels, and Sean Connery characters.

The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.

A succession of eerily contemplative iron figures lead from a Scottish museum to the sea.

A sudden forest of traditional Papua New Guinean art works is hidden in a corner of Stanford University.

This bronze statue was erected to honor a small Scottish town's beloved stray cat.

Beneath Denmark's Højbro bridge, a bronze merman and his seven sons forever mourn for the mother and wife who left them for land.

The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.

This tin chapel was built by POW's during World War II and is painted to look like something much more grand.

Forgotten and then destroyed by fire, this was once one of the largest saltwater swimming pools in the world.

The elaborate clockwork contraptions in this Scottish gallery create small worlds of whimsy and horror.

This mysterious series of teeny guerrilla installations sheds a whimsical light on street art in Oakland.

The peaceful gravesite of a rugged wild west gunman echoes the touching story of his last days.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.

A historic hotel that made a cameo in Hitchcock's classic film has no intention of letting guests forget its fame.

This natural Icelandic fissure allows divers to swim right between two volatile tectonic plates.

Amidst the bustling streets of Dublin, there is a hushed garden that is dedicated to "All those who gave their lives in the cause of Irish Freedom."

The Flatiron Building's storied West Coast cousin is a lot more into religion.

Forgotten jail cells beneath this Scottish town hall are now used for delightfully artful storage.

The community pools that the community refused to give up on.

Mysteriously stacked storefront paths give this medieval British town an iconic style like none other.

Legends surround an ancient tree trunk riddled with nails for good luck.