Places Edited by Samir S. Patel

This home is steeped in history from, George Washington to George Corwin, High Sheriff during the Salem Witch Trials.

Named after a lodging site that existed nearby, a bridge has existed at this location since 1455.

Historic cuisine meets fine dining in a hotel-restaurant overlooking Hyde Park.

This museum of Viking vessels allows visitors to take a replica out for a spin.

This beautifully restored fortification kept the city safe for centuries.

For lovers of Soviet cinema, this museum is home to a vast collection of artifacts and costumes.

Ancient, mysterious stone altars are hidden among wild woods in central Italy.

A magnificent waterfall is also home to the remains of a Roman hydraulic engineering system.

The United Arab Emirates's biggest and oldest fort pays homage to a lost era.

The original burial place of this preeminent 18th-century Jewish philosopher was razed by the Nazis.

This sculpture marks the spot where one of the greatest Roman rulers was proclaimed emperor.

This house is a mosaic of tiled artwork sourced from local artists.

Every year, festive decorations appear on this juniper tree located in the median strip of a busy highway.

Get three sheets to the wind at this desert winery with a nautical theme.

This hotel is an amazing example of the Escuela Tapatía de Arquitectura movement.

Deep in the forest next to Augsburg are abandoned bunkers and bullet traps from the region's military past.

A medieval house with mysterious alchemical inscriptions on its facade

Inside the dome of this gigantic, Saturn-shaped building is one of the largest planetariums in Asia.

The “Sistine Chapel” of the Middle Ages merges 11th-century science and religion in wondrous hues.

An Iron Age hillfort rooted in Arthurian legend was made famous by musician Peter Gabriel.

A sculpture dedicated to the trade that gave the town its name.

In Chapultepec Park there is a pavilion gifted to Mexico from South Korea to honor the 1968 Summer Olympics.

One of the world's oldest continuously operating meteorological stations sits on a hill in Stockholm.

The oldest church in Mantua was buried for centuries under the facades of other structures.