Places Edited by Daniel McDermon

A picturesque vertical garden provides respite from the bustling streets of Bordeaux.

Surrounded by thick vegetation, this basilica integrates Sinhalese and Western architecture.

A monument first built to honor Confederate soldiers now honors their Union opponents.

A rare surviving stone building from the Spanish colonial era.

A humble reconstruction of the rather lively former capitol building.

Marker for a long-gone electric trolley line that spurred the economic development of West Asheville.

A well said to have belonged to Paul the Apostle and part of UNESCO Tentative list of World Heritage Sites in Turkey.

A museum of broadcasting with an array of vintage equipment and its own active transmitter.

Prank chair from an 18th-century Danish royal court shows the eternal popularity of fart jokes.

A former graveyard for Riga’s elite is now a large park with elegant monuments.

Miniatures built in the 1980s tell the city’s favorite legends and ghost stories.

In spite of its medieval appearance and name, this building actually dates back to the Industrial Revolution.

A monument completed by a Third Reich sculptor in 1935 in Ankara's central park encourages Turks to "be proud, work hard, and have trust."

As Ernest Hemingway scribbled notes for stories, he left a lasting impression on this bar: a charred hole where he extinguished his cigars.

A cosmic pit stop just beyond the notorious Area 51.

An ambitious developer built what was once the world's tallest fountain in a Phoenix suburb.

Remnants of a town from a bygone era.

Defaced since the early 80s, this bridge has become local icon to the metalheads and residents of the city.

This sprawling stone mosaic on Berlin’s Museum Island transforms archaeological finds and local legends into a walkable work of art.

A wonderland of oil paintings by a self-taught artist who collaborates with Imagine Dragons—hidden in a 17th-century building near the Rembrandt House.

A striking circle of basalt columns perched on Ibiza’s rugged western coast, aligning art, astronomy, and myth in a landscape where time seems to stand still.

Covering 13 acres and hosting 3,000 shops, this is one of Africa's biggest urban markets.

This ornate neo-Gothic mausoleum honors the man behind the Mercedes name—and the daughter who inspired it.

This boat represents the promise of undiscovered territory, a dream of hope, and progress and freedom for Iceland.