Places Edited by Cara Giaimo

Local myth claims this is a Sears catalogue home with its windows installed upside-down.

The final resting place of the famous Rhode Island lighthouse keeper who heroically saved dozens of people from drowning.

Final resting place of the immigrant who brought artificial seltzer water to America.

The thousands of shades on display — some toxic, others impossibly rare — are a library of more than just color.

The U.S. military dumped millions dollars worth of goods off a beach in Vanuatu, purely to spite the British and French.

The last woman executed for witchcraft in Europe is remembered in this Swiss museum.

Part modern art project, part traditional chapel, this see-through church is only substantial from the right angle.

A rough granite monument marks the spot where Europeans first caught sight of the San Francisco Bay.

This trio of stone spires claims to be the only preserved medieval execution site in Europe.

This historic Dutch newspaper building is covered with media-themed details—and one unrelated oddity.

Austin’s nonprofit-run graffiti park where street art is meant to be painted over.

A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.

A morbid secret lies hidden within the beautiful walls of the Boston Athenaeum.

A taxidermied stork with an arrow through its neck proved that birds migrate.