Places Edited by Kavya Ram Mohan

This Manhattan skyscraper is a reminder of the brief but glorious age of urban air taxis.

A scattered trail of street art adds a pop of color to the city's stark structures.

The statue's head is one of the few fragments of the original Urakami Cathedral to survive the atomic bomb.

17th-century merchants in Bristol nailed their deals by placing money on these pedestals.

This huge work of functional public art replaced a landfill in New Jersey's Meadowlands.

This oddly placed 15th-century church is one of only six bridge chapels left in England.

This unique historical monument features large concrete spheres designed to resemble fallen stars.

No one knows for sure why this town's dead refuse to rot.

"The Donut" was built as part of an expensive, ill-fated engineering endeavor.

A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.

A Nevada mining boomtown that ran out of silver and luck.

A remarkable lava formation encloses a line of Buddhist statues that can't be accurately counted, according to local mythology.

The juke joint where legendary soul artists ate, drank, and made merry.

One of New Zealand’s few castles boasts beautiful gardens, grand architecture, and a history filled with family drama.

A majestic mansion designed in Mughalai style, complete with a turquoise onion dome.

The great American road trip, but smaller.

The watery grave of an impractical idea.

A tribute to the furry local heroes who helped get residents through many tough times.

The only working large-scale tea plantation in the United States.

This amateur-built East African church with mismatched towers is an architectural abnormality.

Though considered an eyesore by some, this boxy Brutalist high-rise plays a significant role in Sydney's past.

A wacky, UFO-shaped house in a suburban neighborhood.

Nose around a unique collection of more than 300 natural aromas used to craft fragrances.

This church built atop a gas station promises to "equip you for the next stage in your life’s journey."