Places Edited by Fred Cherrygarden

The former site of an all-but-forgotten colonial landmark is now remembered by an often overlooked bas relief.

Meet the bronze beloved pet to a family of famous peeing statues.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

There is an unmarked red button hidden over Houston's Buffalo Bayou that is just begging to pushed...

This little replica of Lady Liberty provides a bit of NYC in a Japanese city.

If you've ever wanted to learn about the history of Asian fish balls, this Taiwanese museum has you covered.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

If Hello Kitty were Mickey Mouse, this would be Disneyland.

This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

Currently housing a corporate bank branch this building at the southern tip of Manhattan was once the gateway to luxury vacationing.

The jewel of western Mexico's archaeological legacy is this tiered circular pyramid now covered in grass.

This sawtooth mountain range still bears the strangely lovely marks of its history as a medieval quarry.

This surreal statue brings a famous French novel about a supernatural cad to arresting life.

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

A random tree outside a Budapest hotel has become a DIY shrine to the late singer.

The quintessential Japanese rock garden has existed for more than 500 years.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.

The Buddhist temples of Yamadera, built into a mountain side, feature a viewing deck with sweeping views.

South Korea's love of the silly photograph is on full display at this goofy collection of trompe l'oeil paintings.

Built hundreds of years ago this downtown iron barrier once protected a much despised king.

The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.