Places Edited by tyler

This pre-Revolutionary War grist mill ground corn and flour for soldiers in seven American wars.

This city park was once a lookout point for George Washington’s army during the Battle of Brooklyn in 1776.

An ancient quarry rediscovered by a dog and claimed by biblical kings, a German cult, and the Freemasons.

A Dutch clog company in the town of Zaandam loves the wooden shoes so much it made a museum for them.

This historic recreationist school churns out warriors that may very well have had a fighting chance in Rome's pits of the day.

Only through deep darkness and tragedy did this elaborate royal palace become a sacred temple.

This Delaware River bridge is emblazoned with a catty slogan from a more prosperous time.

This remote Scottish isle is only inhabited by seals, birds, and the memory of a tragic settlement.

This still-celebrated home was a radical architectural experiment in 3D De Stijl.

This natural sea cave hides a small wonderland of natural turquoise beauty.

The saltiest lake in all of Crimea is also the pinkest of the pink and teeming with life.

The first green space constructed on an elevated viaduct.

Gilded heaven for philatelists and architecture freaks, still in full working order despite sitting atop tremulous ground.

This metal eagle one of the final remnants of a newspaper that wanted to keep Brooklyn to Brooklyn.

This simple convenience store sits on the location where the Ouija board was named—and has a plaque to prove it.

Wayne Newton's sprawling estate is now open for visitors to catch a glimpse of his "heart and soul."

The ruins of a Duke's bucolic dream, where camels once roamed alongside "Dutch" windmills and faux-Italian vineyards.

This former sugarcane transport tunnel is now a portal to a lovely beach.

The bunker where Hitler took his own life is hidden under this deliberately ordinary parking lot.

This forlorn park is the result of a failed investment turned tax dodge.

This stoic bronze soldier stands as a symbol of Russian sacrifice or Soviet oppression, or maybe both.

In this truly magical place, rent hasn't been raised since the year 1520.

This home of a taxidermy hoarder is among the grandest and most singular of historic English estates.

At the point of oceanic inaccessibility, you can't get farther from dry land without leaving the planet.