Places Edited by Fred Cherrygarden

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

J.R.R Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and other "Inklings" met at the Oxford pub to discuss the now legendary fantasy stories they were writing.

The home of the first American-born saint is one of the only curved buildings in New York.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.

Remarkably realistic Florida shoal bass "swim" inside this large globoid sculpture.

A Jenga-style cylindrical tower of books that appears to go on forever.

This temple is steeped in local folklore involving a teakettle and a raccoon dog.

An eerie, existential museum dedicated to the author of "The Metamorphosis."

Hang out with thousands of butterflies in one of the world's largest such enclosures.

Thirty architectural gems from the 19th- and early 20th-century Tokyo were restored and relocated to this space.

A Catholicism-themed restaurant where sacrilege is on the menu.

A Japanese concept restaurant that feels like a party thrown by the monsters in your closet.

Watch out for the two-story Godzilla made out of tires.

A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.

A bust of Franz Kafka spins in pieces, reflecting the writer's inner torment.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

One of the bloodiest and most important battles in Japanese history is recreated with kitschy concrete statues.

The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.

More tin toys than you can shake a clapping monkey at.

Roots and stumps that lay inundated for two millennia are on display in Japan's city of three mysteries.

A statue in Budapest's Liberty Square honors the former U.S. president's efforts to end the Cold War.

A visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.

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