Places Edited by Matthew Taub

An old California photo stand has been turned into a shrine to the cozy art of crochet.

Assemble a masterpiece at the first and only North American school exclusively dedicated to mosaic art.

Its 27 graveyards represent the many nationalities and ethnic groups that voyaged to this wilderness in the late 19th century.

This sprawling 18th-century cemetery features unique and beautiful gravestones, including one shaped like a tree.

The beloved home to all publications indie, erotic, and punky.

The nuns here cultivate silk to weave some of the finest scarves in the world.

Part of a secret 1970s nuclear defense program is now open to the public.

This Roman amphitheater is said to be King Arthur's legendary Round Table.

A catapult rock from Gotland’s 13th-century civil war is still lodged in Scandinavia's best-preserved medieval city wall.

In Faroese legend, this sinister horse-shaped beast lures unsuspecting passersby only to drown them in the lake.

History, geography, and shamanism meet in this eye-catching monument to the greatness of three empires.

A mental health hospital dating back more than 139 years, now features a museum.

About as hidden as can be, this specialty coffee shop is wedged between multi-story buildings at the end of a dark, skinny alleyway in Seoul.

Seventeen members of the local royal family are interred in this Baroque church in northern Germany.

This memorial, built by fascist dictator General Franco in 1960, has been repurposed by the people of Catalonia.

The study has wall paneling from a 17th century ship.

This abandoned boat sits on a nude beach, is shaped like a UFO, and is covered in graffiti.

A 19th-century smallpox cemetery is being reclaimed by scrub forest and sand dunes.

A comprehensive collection of bonsai set in a beautiful campus.

A homemade anatomical collection of medical anomalies and accidental catastrophes.

Crop circles inspired this whimsical garden in Germany.

Built entirely of interlocking pieces, construction of this Chinese Muslim house of worship required zero nails.

There are many Byzantine-era churches still standing in Athens, but this is the only one with a 2,500-year-old column rising through its roof.

Meant to be a lavish presidential home, the palace became a symbol of the fall of South Vietnam.