Places Edited by Jilda Caccavo

In the upscale neighborhood of Miraflores in Lima, a pretty little park is home to dozens of cats.

Despite their macabre past, these hooks are said to bring good luck to those who touch them.

Montmartre's sole surviving windmill became an iconic landmark for 19th-century painters, artists, and bohemians.

A giant silver apple a day keeps the perils of capitalism away.

On one of the world's most active volcanoes, a pebble-filled crater changes color with the wind.

This suburban enclave is home to a very unique art exhibit.

According to tradition this is the oldest church in Venice, but its actual age is a mystery.

In the past, Renaissance sex workers were encouraged to entice customers on this bridge.

The storefront of a ramshackle Parisian puppet theater.

The pile of books behind the dignified writer gave the statue a most undignified nickname.

At the foot of an active volcano sits a church miraculously spared by its lava.

What looks like a normal building is really a hollow facade hiding a subway vent.

This deconsecrated church has seen many uses, from a tobacco storehouse to a cinema.

A sinister pyramid in the Frari contains the heart of the famous neoclassical sculptor.

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

A French artist's vague warning hangs over Belleville.

100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.

This stone complex marks the urban center of a lost civilization.

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

The longest continuous underwater road in North America was built at the insistence of Franklin Roosevelt.

First a horse rendering plant, then a 19th century landfill, this beach is full of glass from thousands upon thousands of broken bottles.

This innocent-looking townhome is actually a subway exit.

Waterway populated with abandoned projects, including a submarine.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.