Places Edited by Steve 55

A relic of Victorian grandeur hides beneath a busy South London road.

Horsemen once used this tilting post during jousting practice.

A vast archive of cultural artifacts collected from numerous expeditions across Africa and Asia.

A strange and ancient landscape hides the dark, cavernous remains of a 5,000-year-old flint mine.

Legend says these colorful, invasive residents are the descendants of birds released by Jimi Hendrix.

These docile dragons are ideal inhabitants for the conservatory greenhouses.

A line of iron bollards with colorful, handknitted cozies fitted over them.

A humble homage to a gravedigger tucked within the dignified English cathedral.

Megapodes incubate their eggs using the heat of an active volcano on this Pacific isle.

One of Auckland's oldest cemeteries was partially demolished during the construction of a major highway in the 1960s. 

This abandoned viewing platform has become a monument to unnecessary government spending.

A misunderstanding gave this 18th-century racehorse a most amusing name.

A jumble of treasures in a small space, this old-fashioned local museum is full of surprises.

A Trabant car, a kangaroo statue, and a plethora of plants take over this abandoned-factory-turned-bar.

The wooden grave marker of a railroad worker who died in a freak whirlwind.

The final resting place of the "father of special effects."

This roadside monument commemorates the huge weapon built by an Ethiopian emperor's hostages.

Hundreds of huge, centuries-old horseshoes adorn the walls of this nontraditional 12th-century castle.

This unique, full-sized copy of the Bayeux Tapestry sports a few modern additions, including underwear.

This captivating Bronze Age timber circle spent centuries concealed by the tides.

Some call this eerie forest of crooked trees the "Bermuda Triangle of Romania."

Two gilded cherubs perched on a church bell tower have been reminding visitors of the finitude of life since 1760.

This quiet, unassuming spot in Budapest was the birthplace of the bloody 1956 Hungarian Revolution.

It took 28 years to build this massive statue of the Hindu god Vishnu riding a mythical bird.