Places Edited by Michelle Cassidy

This rudder is one of the few remnants of a shipyard that once operated on the banks of the Potomac River.

Tune into an alternate universe at this immersive art installation.

Visit Finnish architect Matti Suuronen's first UFO-shaped home.

A disciple of Frank Lloyd Wright built an experimental, partially underground home in the desert.

A whimsical shrine with a porcelain Torii gate, split in half by an active train line.

This site was once the religious, cultural, and trade center of Sri Lanka.

Celebrating the man behind the Mangrove, a restaurant that became a crucial hub for Black activism in London.

A grave commemorates piano tuner F. W. Schlieffen, who drowned in floodwaters in 1906.

This historic psychiatric hospital is haunted by its chilling past.

Both Catholic and Protestant graves dot this 17th-century burial ground.

On the outside of the Mersey Tunnels, an Art Deco sculpture of an Egyptian Pharaoh wears goggles and racing gear.

A building claimed to be London’s smallest house has an obscure history.

Germany’s oldest monastery has origins dating back to the 7th century.

This bullfighting museum is part of a bullfighting coliseum (plaza de toros) built in the 18th century.

Jamestown may have been the first permanent English settlement in the Americas, but the colonists made landfall at a lesser known cape.

This site was once home to Henry VIII and Elizabeth I.

The site of abandoned cable car system provides expansive views of Tutuila and nearby capital Pago Pago.

This 11th-century Cistercian abbey was once seized by Henry VIII.

A tile mosaic displaying a saying from the prophet Muhammad presents the mission of Durham University's Oriental Museum.

This grassy field marks the site of a surprising religious conflict.

Denmark’s ultra-modern library hides a treasury of rare, unique books.

This cannonball has been lodged in the church wall since a 1695 bombardment destroyed the city center.

Outside a historic fort stands a replica of the “tree of repentance” where criminals were publicly punished.

They founded the game company that made Clue, Monopoly, Risk, Trivial Pursuit, and Sorry!