Places Edited by Allison Meier

Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.

Thousands of exquisitely carved stone water storage wells, hundreds of stone steps fill this exquisite medieval stepwell.

A gothic church spire sits atop this skyscraper, the tallest church in the world.

The ancient tomb acts as a calendar that keeps perfect time.

Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.

Fifteen Jodhpur queens left their handprints before going to their fiery death.

America's oldest archaeological site or a muddled case of wishful thinking.

Swiss vineyards in a UNESCO heritage site.

Possibly the world’s easiest Easter-egg hunt.

Ghost town with a beer-drinking goat for mayor.

Want to build a wind turbine? Secede from the nation.

Mexico's astounding mummy museum with "the world's smallest mummy."

A former imperial sea-fortress and Soviet prison.

Lost subway station nestled beneath Toronto's busy commuter line.

America's smallest "national forest" has only 33 trees.

This small primate research island is teeming with playing, fighting wild monkeys.

A wild annual race in Sardinia re-enacts Constantine's victory in Rome.

This collection started by a Cornell professor once held more than 600 human brain specimens, including the one that belonged to its founder.

The mummified remains of Dashi-Dorzho Itigilov, Russia's most important Buddhist.

A historic 1890s architectural masterpiece with an iconic clock tower that, once open to the public, now faces an uncertain future.

An Austrian house of bones filled with hundreds of intricately painted skulls.

A 19th-century artistocrat's mansion, turned into a library, hidden in a modern library.

Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.

The lavish temple of the Cao Dai religion that includes Buddha, Mohammed, Joan of Arc, and Victor Hugo.