Places Edited by Fred Cherrygarden

This heavily worn bas-relief was once an honored fertility symbol.

A site where ten to twenty thousand Edo-era prisoners were put to death.

An old-fashioned school with interesting grounds and deep history, including the original Mito Castle gate.

A museum-like shop that has been producing clogs, brushes, and ropes for nearly 200 years.

This small park holds what remains of a former prison and execution ground.

Singapore's oldest Hindu temple.

Located off a bustling strip, a silent teahouse employs workers with hearing- or speech-related disabilities.

An expansive book store, art gallery, and curio shop with wares ranging from tarot cards to novelty socks.

Also known as Rye Castle, this 13th-century fortification later became a prison and held one of Rye's most famous criminals.

Heralded as the world's first theater, these ruins are often overlooked as they reside in the shadows of the Acropolis.

The spot where Oxford garnered its name was also home to a medieval philosopher and includes a house covered in statues.

This subterranean oyster house has been the pearl of Grand Central Station since 1913.

One of Kyoto's oldest food establishments has supplied soba noodles to temple priests and the Imperial Palace.

Dedicated to one of the darkest moments in Irish history.

This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.

A cool dive bar, off the beaten track.

A man throwing a giant severed hand towers over Antwerp’s main square.

It's bad manners to eat and drink on the subways of Tokyo, unless the train is this bar. 

Behind a grungy bodega facade, a Poblano family serves rich, home-cooked meals.

Inside the columbarium, thousands of colorful, high-tech Buddhas guard the ashes of the dead.

Inside this discotheque resides a unique memorial dedicated to one club-goers favorite pet.

Alexander Hamilton’s creation caused quite a bit of controversy.

The rubbery beast is sculpted from recycled materials.

Founded in 1880, this humble brewery still practices a disappearing technique of sake-making.