Places Edited by Daniel McDermon

A colorful street mural created in downtown Vista by world-renowned spray-paint artist Chor Boogie (Jason Hailey), who grew up in the area.

This campus monument honors Katherine Johnson, who hand-calculated the trajectory for America’s first human spaceflight and safely land Apollo 11 on the moon.

Once part of a chain of over 80 restaurants that merged with another Mexican-American chain, it has been reborn in one of its original locations.

As the oldest structure in Harris County, this 200-year-old frontier cabin stands in the literal shadow of downtown Houston’s massive skyscrapers.

An architectural anomaly that preserves the chilling history of medieval ascetics who chose to be buried alive.

This striking gate in Carabanchel is a modern expression of Madrid's centuries-old connection to bears, the animal that has symbolized the city for generations

A turqoise shack off the side of the road housing "100,000 things you don't need," as their sign out front says; it's filled to the brim with an expansive collection of costume jewelry, activist pins, old postcards, expensive collector's paintings, and so, so much more.

Before this fine stone viaduct was built, trains ran across a rather wobbly wooden trestle, and the original abutments are still there.

This mechanical marvel is a 24-hour cheese vending machine, holding freshly made cheeses from the internationally acclaimed Perrystead Dairy.

This iconic lounge is home to the longest running drag show in Philadelphia, iconic jazz trios, and is the birthplace to the infamous "Citywide."

This narrow cave is revered in Japan as the womb of Mount Fuji.

Tucked away past the island's famous stone arch, this hidden coastal path leads hikers to a dramatic razor sharp cliffside that thrusts into the Caribbean like the Doomed bow of the Titanic ocean liner.

A 57-foot stained-glass dome from a Parisian tango house now crowns a wine bar in the San Bernardino Mountains.

A comprehensive visual archive of Braun products. A German national treasure of modern design.

A windswept sandstone overlook offers sweeping views across an ancient plateau.

One of the largest wholesale markets in South Asia, bearing responsibility for nearly 60% of Dhaka’s daily vegetable supply.

This wooden "kissing bridge" is one of only a few still standing in the region.

Santa Monica is one of the world's longest, most beautiful, and least developed beaches: just white sand for miles, a single beach shack, and the concrete shell of an abandoned resort that never got past its foundations.

It is the location of a string of sightings of a “werewolf” or “wolfman” from the early 1970s to the late ‘90s, now known as the Beast of Bray Road.

It's located in Lake of the Woods in Minnesota. Boat travel is the only way to get there.

A miraculous well, hidden away in the middle of a meadow.

The timber roof beams in England's smallest active parish church are rumoured to have come from Viking longships.

An historic lighthouse accessible via a half-mile walk through a nature preserve and freshwater tidal wetlands.

A remote island marking the entrance to Death’s Door, surrounded by the bones of ships who failed to heed her warnings.