Places Edited by Abbey Perreault

A skeleton without arms watches over the side door of one of the most beautiful baroque temples in Mexico.

This spherical sculpture has also been dubbed "the steel orange" due to its likeness to a massive, sliced piece of citrus.

This family-owned pottery shop is home to the last operational dragon kiln in Singapore.

A collection of old steam and diesel locomotives sitting in a fenced-off garden.

Adjacent to Narayanhiti Palace, this park commemorates those who fought in Nepal's civil war.

The history of those incarcerated in Singapore during World War II is etched into the bricks of a popular staircase.

These "mermaids" that surround a plaza in Segovia are rather sphinx-like.

This Kansas City studio was home to Walt Disney's first animation business.

A schooner, nicknamed "The Unsinkable," with a long history of survival in the Indian Ocean.

Remnants of an old bank adorn this station's brick wall.

Hidden inside a gift shop that doubles as a museum, this gargantuan yo-yo can only be operated by crane.

A trio of keyhole-shaped burial mounds restored to their ancient glory.

Nearly four centuries after its founding, remnants of one of the oldest planned communities in North America are still visible in southern Brooklyn.

This abandoned mausoleum from 1815 sits deep within the forest surrounding Callendar House.

A striped 12th-century basilica sits in the countryside of Sardinia.

This 19th-century museum inside of a lighthouse is only accessible during low tide.

According to legend, a noble knight and a terrible dragon lie beneath this storied hill.

The largest Canadian war cemetery in Italy commemorates those who died in one of the bloodiest battles of the Italian campaign during World War II.

The ruins of a 12th-century Cistercian monastery can be found alongside World War II tank traps and pillboxes.

These ancient pecked images are among the oldest and best-preserved in Mongolia.

This medieval mountain town is also known as the "Village of Streams."

This site marks the oldest known settlement in Campania, inhabited around 9,000 years ago.

One of the most important Celtic-Roman archaeological sites in Spain.

These millennia-old murals once covered the walls of residential complexes across the ancient city.