Places Edited by Braecrest

This harrowing climb along West Virginia's jagged spires is one of the only Via Ferrata on America's east coast.

The Devil’s Porridge tells the story of HM Factory Gretna and the munitions girls who mixed deadly chemicals.

This lonely rock along a gravel road outside of the southern Swedish village of Eksjö reminds us of a dark chapter in Swedish post-war history.

An interesting look into 18th-century American history.

According to tradition this is the oldest church in Venice, but its actual age is a mystery.

This cannonball stands as a reminder of the final act of a fleeting governor amidst a revolution.

Its appearance in "Game of Thrones" may spur on the long-awaited restoration of this medieval shipyard.

Stare out over the lagoon and beyond from this 10th-century campanile on the island where the city of Venice began.

Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.

Hanging within this medieval church are the bones of a beast allegedly slain by a fourth-century saint.

These ruins witnessed the final gathering of the failed Jacobite Rebellion.

This Roman statue is missing a limb from when the Venetians stole it from Constantinople during the Crusades.

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

The remains of a 1st-century aristocratic Roman town house featuring beautiful well-preserved mosaics.

Take a sea tractor to the Art Deco hotel on the island that inspired Agatha Christie.

A scattered trail of street art adds a pop of color to the city's stark structures.

The small peaceful island off the Venice tourist circuit is where the city began more than 1,500 years ago.

1,500 Commonwealth servicemen of World War II are buried or commemorated in this cemetery.

Twice a day one of these tragic bronze mariners drowns with the tide to remember all those the sea has taken.

Memorial to the Titanic engineers that died working to hold back the sea.

Antarctica's bustling metropolis, originally established by Richard E. Byrd.

Considered the most remote point in the entire world.

Dynastic Home of the De Piro Family.