Places Edited by Samir S. Patel

Time has been frozen at this station since the bombing in 1980—or so it was believed.

Nine nice parcels of land along a flight path offer a quiet respite... until a plane soars overhead.

A "gateway" into Mexico's northern border, represented by an abstract red tower.

A historic casino where Dostoyevsky is said to have lost it all on a single spin of the roulette wheel.

This remote 4,500 year old medicine wheel is one of the last of its kind.

Brasilia's oldest newsstand is sheltered by a wish-granting tunnel-tree.

Oaxaca's recently restored "forgotten Dominican convent."

The world's first jet-powered aircraft were assembled by the Germans in this secret factory in the forest during WWII.

A culturally significant rural temple in the beautiful mountains of Itoshima.

These cliff-dwellings might be Mexico's least visited archaeological site.

A Roman calendar dating to the first century is tucked away in a small town alley.

A bright, colorful telling of the history of Mexico's youngest state.

An often overlooked ancient site in downtown Athens with substantial history (and nature).

At a lodge and RV park is a collection of headwear that comes in at more than 11,300 and counting.

After the musical legend's death, his memorial was mysteriously graffitied in gold.

At the site of a graffiti artist's murder, fellow artists gather to pay homage.

Centuries of crashing waves carved out this small hole in the rock, which lights up at certain parts of the year.

The chimney of a shuttered power station in the Po Delta is the second-tallest structure in Italy.

A ring of soy sauce bottle bases decorate an important Singaporean landmark.

This marker identifies the location where three states converge.

It's not quite as old as its Roman appearance suggests, but this piece of infrastructure served Guatemala City for centuries.

Monumental paintings, discovered in a Mexican cathedral in 1957, depict the deaths of some friars in Japan.

The relics of dozens of martyrs are stored in a single chapel.

One of the world's first dedicated bank buildings in the world is now the oldest one.