Places Edited by Daniel McDermon

Along this wire fence, travelers have been leaving a particular memento since 2012.

Have a steam and some blini at this cafe in a century-old bathhouse.

Swirling layers of white and red rock earned these mountains their festive nickname.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

An old curiosity shop holds on to a centuries-old tradition of manually-distilled rose water.

The history of this famed tree ranges from an 18th-century highway robber, to the Scout Association.

Once in disrepair, the house where the 1983 film was shot has been restored and turned into a museum.

Inside this chapel, Victorian jailers took the separate system to new levels.

This amazing ancient cave was kept secret for seven years to protect it from the public.

A subterranean display of public art and architecture.

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

For roadside fast food, pull over at the giant orange.

Famed for its pie, this eatery has a hidden tunnel that allowed Catholics to secretly walk to church during the Reformation.

This beautiful Brooklyn monument over a crypt memorializes a grim and largely unknown story from the American Revolution.

America’s smallest national park site is the former residence of exiled Polish national hero Thaddeus Kosciuszko.

The Route 66 institution that inspired Taco Bell also served as an important headquarters for Mexican-American social movements.

This storybook New England home is actually a decommissioned lighthouse.

This Russian bar-restaurant lies within a three-story underground bathhouse.

This opulent Pueblo Deco movie palace melds Art Deco and Native American motifs.

One of the city’s oldest watering holes was originally the home of a famous James Brown (not that one).

A Wisconsin kitsch palace from the 1930s lives its second life in 21st-century Brooklyn.

The sculpture shows a water rat turning the world upside-down, landing an elephant on its head.

An abandoned masterpiece of Soviet Brutalist architecture.

One of the world's richest men bought this former paper factory and transformed it into a mall.