Places Edited by Samir S. Patel

This ancient Visigothic church might hide an ancient treasure.

A tiny nondenominational church harkens back to the days of the first homesteaders in the region.

A 19th-century British industrialist built this Louis XIII–inspired chateau for his homesick French wife.

A 200-year-old bar is all that remains of one Mississippi River town's rough-and-tumble past.

The much-beloved mascot of a local museum.

Designed by a computer, this intricate network of fluorescent green pipes has taken over a subway station.

A functioning Roman-era aqueduct and bridge in rural southwest France.

Amid the sprawling Defense Intelligence Agency Headquarters is one of Washington's least accessible museums.

A beautiful viewpoint on the Garden Route overlooking a naturally-occurring outline of Africa.

At this monastery, monks make raw-milk cheese and use excess whey to create methane that powers their hot-water system.

This abandoned hospital village was once viewed as an innovative way to deal with mental illness.

This quirky little private museum is home to more than a thousand stones, carved by nature, that resemble human faces.

This Metabolist, retro-futuristic residential complex resembles a cyberpunk space colony established on Earth.

Constructed during the 7th century this is one of the oldest largely intact Christian churches in England.

This restaurant offers a side of antiques, curios, and a bathroom chock full of owls.

This ancient burial site was once thought to be the home of a race distinctive to Ainu folklore.

These ruins are a monument to the region's industrial heritage, and the site of England's worst mining tragedy.

One of Antoni Gaudí's least-visited works, an homage to Catalan patrimony that mixes neo-Gothic with Modernista forms.

This small island off Lambert's Bay is home to more than 2,000 Cape gannets and is the only such breeding colony open to the public.

This former lifeboat house now used by a funeral service was the site of a 19th-century boating tragedy.

The development of this cliffside waterpark is representative of Mexico's history of co-op tourism developments.

This tower is all that remains of a 19th-century schoolhouse that became a famous music venue before its destruction.

Known as the "Kissing Bridge" for its privacy, it also happens to be the last covered bridge in Ontario.

Rumors of the occult haunt this upscale 1920s hotel.