Places Edited by Samir S. Patel

The remarkably well-preserved final resting place of a powerful ancient Thracian king.

One of the few places in Portugal where the Celtic ritual of wearing large wooden masks is still practiced.

The museum calls itself the "National Museum of the Paranormal" and is full of eerie oddities.

This isolated structure beckons adventurers with sublime views of the Faroe Islands.

The young Black revolutionary was killed before getting to see a non-segregated pool in his hometown.

A young state senator's deathbed plea to be buried inside a rock resulted in this unusual grave site.

Every hour the doors open to reenact the legend of the heroic mayor who saved his town by drinking a gallon of wine.

A collection of pianos and more guaranteed to delight anyone interested in music history.

Unusual finds in this shrine to local law enforcement include a 19th-century vampire-slaying kit.

A sinkhole and now a swimming hole, too, full of dazzling turquoise water.

Each year, teams of the world's best snow sculptors have 65 hours to create frozen masterpieces.

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

A medieval gate once used as a prison and how home to a city museum.

A boat ride through utter darkness, lit only by headlamps, reveals an emerald green pool locals believe is sacred.

The maze-like transportation hub contains abandoned areas, derelict stores, and a resident bat colony.

A tribute to a Ukrainian heroine who went undercover and killed several Nazi operatives.

The oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States.

This huge work of functional public art replaced a landfill in New Jersey's Meadowlands.

The only Native American museum along the Oregon Trail, run by the peoples who have lived on the land for generations.

The only working large-scale tea plantation in the United States.

This abandoned oil depot produces world's longest echo in a manmade structure.

A ghost town originally established and governed solely by Black Americans seeking a place of their own, free from discrimination.

The time thousands of bags of chips washed ashore in the Outer Banks is memorialized in a local museum.

Richard III supposedly disposed of his nephews' bodies here in an effort to seal his claim to the throne.