Places Edited by Samantha Chong

This gorgeous Peranakan mansion’s family heritage includes a century-old baby gate, which was also used to keep out irresponsible husbands.

Visit the secret grave of a legendary privateer who faked his own death.

This 19th-century hotel and spa hosted famous guests like like the Vanderbilt family, William Waldorf Astor, Helen Keller, and Jay Gould.

One of the first amphibian migration tunnels in the United States encourages a tradition that has inspired Amherst residents for decades.

This park built on a former fortress has a reputation for romance.

How a century-old glass factory in Queens became a concert venue and arts center.

See where Bill Murray kidnapped a hapless Punxsutawney Phil.

In 1975, a forestry worker in Arizona claimed to have been abducted by a UFO.

This chestnut box will not be opened until the country music legend's 100th birthday in 2046.

The United States' first transcontinental automobile road came to its end at this spot in San Francisco's Lincoln Park.

The meeting of the northwestern corner of Delaware, the northeastern corner of Maryland, and the southern edge of Pennsylvania.

A dozen cast iron leopards stand guard along the length of Aberdeen's Union Bridge.

The farm where one of America's most famous folk artists created her paintings.

If you visit the burial place of King Frederick the Great, you'll likely find a couple of potatoes sitting on his tombstone.

Only a few pieces remain of the structure that carried people and goods across the Thames for some 600 years.

This bookstore serves recipes from the cookbooks on sale.

A giant version of an Australian town's claim to fame: a cowbell said to be audible from miles away.

In Kolkata's China Town, a temple to the Hindu goddess Kali.

A tribute to the builder(s) of Bitcoin.

This stone bridge is all that remains of a submerged New Jersey town.

In 1909, the steepest and most difficult piece of track on the Canadian Pacific Railway was replaced with a series of spiralling tunnels cut into the mountains.

The oldest operating roller coaster of its kind, the Montaña Suiza has been thrilling riders since 1928.

A sculpture of the beloved author surrounded by characters from his fairy tales.

The oldest ruins at this castle overlooking Georgia's Terek River Valley date back to the 10th century.