Places Edited by Michelle Cassidy

One of Vienna’s oldest (and perhaps most haunted) alleys, allegedly with a bloody past that gave it its name.

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles stop thieves at the site of a historic 1876 bank robbery.

Wander along roughly a mile of paths in what may be the world's largest forest labyrinth.

An open-air art gallery that aims to share the stories of the people who live around it.

After playing in this house and its gardens as a child, J.M. Barrie credited it for helping inspire the story of Peter Pan.

For centuries, the largest Arab bathhouse in Spain was hidden under a palace.

The only mine for rare earth elements in the United States has been intermittently active since the 1950s.

A disused, crumbling 110-year-old theater retains the authentic retro charms of Showa-era cinema.

This natural rock formation has an anatomical aesthetic.

Try an original egg cream at this museum located inside one of the last surviving old-fashioned seltzer factories in America.

The site of an ancient city pillar that was lost and rediscovered.

Visitors are encouraged to fish for water goblins at this haunted pool.

A century-old ancestral home was home to some of the key figures of the Philippine Revolution.

See reconstructed Spitfires and other World War II-era planes in a hangar originally used by the Royal Air Force.

One of the largest sandsculpture installations in the world, this exhibit boasts a unique combination of sprawling sand scenes, theological musings, and salvaged shipwrecks.

A road that ends in the middle of a farmer’s field is one of the only remnants of this once-famous racetrack.

This antique shop features a large collection of ornaments amassed by an Ohio florist who helped decorate the White House for the holidays.

A museum of puppets and puppetry covering all Asian styles.

This unassuming tunnel’s name recalls a storied "cat pond" that has now been lost.

This massive 286,200-tile mosaic was the largest mural of its kind in the United States and is an early example of computer-generated art.

Often referred to as one of the most haunted places in Morocco.

A memorial dedicated to a traveling circus elephant killed by a lightning strike in 1972.

A Victorian-era viaduct has become a pilgrimage site for Harry Styles fans.

How did a sticker-covered lamp post become a beloved landmark for cyclists in Singapore?