Places Edited by Spiffy

The hillside where Edvard Munch experienced the panic attack that inspired “The Scream” offers one of the most striking evening views in Oslo.

A sculpture in Hyannis commemorates Chief Sachem Iyannough of the Mattachiest tribe.

The easternmost point of Hawai'i plays a prominent role in local legends and is home to a lighthouse that survived a lava flow.

This public amphitheater was once a key part of Monaco’s defense strategy.

It may not be the final resting place of a literal giant, but the Giant’s Grave is still archaeologically important.

With beautiful views and every detail perfectly considered, one of the geniuses of modern architecture built himself the perfect home.

An Asante king spent four years in exile in a house on this very spot.

Along a Roman road flanked with beech trees hides a tale of wizardry and xenophobia.

One of the most studied Iron Age settlements in Europe.

This cemetery holds the remains of an accused witch and the man that ensured her freedom.

Inside the Finchingfield Guildhall, two sticks that belonged to alleged witches in the 17th century.

The final resting place of a miniature monkey.

This unassuming stone is possibly the oldest Scottish memorial to the 13th-century knight.

On the side of a building, a depiction of the woman who became a local legend by tossing soup out her window.

This black cat was actually designed to ward off bad luck.

This massive, 30-foot-tall statue of the famed Scottish knight overlooks a grassy knoll.

In 1909, the steepest and most difficult piece of track on the Canadian Pacific Railway was replaced with a series of spiralling tunnels cut into the mountains.

A striking bronze sculpture of a Roman goddess with two hound dogs for company.

A statue of the heroine who stopped time to save her betrothed.

Anne Rice, one of the most influential writers in gothic literature, is buried alongside her husband in a New Orleans cemetery.

No other place in Scotland has such a high concentration of prehistoric carved stone surfaces.

Sculptures depicting Scottish and English soldiers in battle honor a 16th-century conflict.

This collection of Neolithic monuments make up one of The U.K.'s richest archeological landscapes.

Founded in 1873 to support the needs of the gold mines flourishing nearby, this is the last water-powered foundry in the United States.