Places Edited by Daniel A. Gross

Known as the “Official Greeter of Juneau,” this dog still welcomes ships and their passengers to Alaska.

This abandoned building made of petrified wood was once a hotspot for buying moonshine.

The Internet Age began with a transmission from this biker bar.

The headquarters of the semiconductor giant has a 10,000-square-foot museum.

Known as the "Fat Man of Maldon," Bright was a larger-than-life figure.

The formerly unmarked grave of the noted Black American painter, who was a friend to James Baldwin.

This beautifully restored fortification kept the city safe for centuries.

North America's first Indigenous-owned winery is located within Canada's only desert-like ecosystem.

The largest monastery in Singapore is home to a crematorium, a college, and one of Asia’s largest indoor Buddha statues.

A playground the size of a city block is a modernist monument to civic values and public housing.

This cabin from the 1850s is one of the first structures built by Chinese immigrants in California.

One of the only places where Earth’s mantle lies above water.

Two standing giants remain as a tribute to Luxembourg's metallurgical past.

This modernist cinema has survived war and reconstruction to become a symbol of Lebanon’s revolutionary spirit.

West Point’s only monument to a woman veteran stands above an empty grave.

The cellar of a former factory is now home to a collection of gloves, machines, and tools of the trade.

In rural Iowa, an imported 19th-century windmill overlooks an unlikely enclave of Danish culture.

Amid the rubble of Aleppo's Old Quarter, part of a historic market has been restored and re-opened.

More than 2,000 species of tropical plants call this nature preserve and sanctuary home.

A "station to nowhere" marks the site of a Siberian subway project that never saw the light of day.

More than 450 years ago, an Italian nun became the first woman to paint the iconic subject.

One of the last examples of Soviet architectural propaganda has a few technological tricks up its sleeve.

This restaurant combines two Finnish traditions in one place: warm-weather relaxation and outdoor carpet-cleaning.

A musical sanctuary that preserves gospel’s Golden Age is tucked inside a library at Baylor University.