Places Edited by wildwomenwander

A cynical face-off exposing the cost of war.

A haunting—but not haunted—chapel remains in the woods.

Wander through more than 20,000 square feet filled with an amazing collection of orchids.

This dilapidated ship carcass covered in trees is a striking sight.

Whimsical sculptures dot a woodland path surrounding their creator's old summer cottage.

Discover the magic in the mundane in Iceland's Museum of Everyday Life.

A futuristic hovertrain is parked unceremoniously alongside a nondescript road.

Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.

A collaboration of art and ornithology mourns the calls of Sydney's lost birds.

This enormous sports car themed amusement park is home to the world’s fastest roller coaster.

A tiny wilderness cemetery commemorates the deadliest episode of the Klondike Gold Rush.

A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.

Along the old Route 66 is an abandoned trading post made from old telephone poles, built by a former circus clown.

An American city stranded at the tip of a Canadian peninsula where strict adherence to the "49th parallel rule" became problematic.

Despite being burnt down multiple times, the ruins of this South Carolina church are still standing.

Former farm staffed by mental patients is now a public park.

Bird dung painted this huge boulder which in turn inspired the name of a city.

A historic freight system that found the true gold rush is in tourism.

The sister plane of the C-123 shot down during the Iran-Contra Affair has found a new purpose in retirement.