Places Edited by Samir S. Patel

A breathtaking 19th-century trail overlooks Lake Tahoe.

A burial vault located under Tiber Island in the middle of the Italian capital.

An actual piece of the Moon, brought down to Earth by Apollo 15.

This plaque commemorates the call between Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas A. Watson.

Visitors to this museum will find architectural oddities, an art gallery, and an unlikely bird sanctuary.

An abandoned mansion is now a haven for urban explorers.

A historic building houses one of the most important archaeological institutes in Europe.

A saloon and inn that served the Wild West's most iconic figures—and is still haunted by some of them today.

A New York–based physician returned home to Spain to build his own elaborate monument to Christopher Columbus.

These unique weather vanes honor Scotland's most famous bard and decorate this walkway.

Eliot was the first missionary to produce religious text for Algonquians in their own language.

Walk or bike along a narrow strip of Belgium sandwiched by German territory.

More than 300 years old, Kyoto's historic "teahouse" still operates as an invitation-only geisha club.

An unusual art exhibition in a suburban yard is designed to awaken the souls of those flowing by.

A sculpture in a secluded garden honors one of Edinburgh's most innovative thinkers and city planners.

A permanent exhibition honors Queen, which recorded seven albums at the casino-based studio, including “Under Pressure” with David Bowie.

A memorial to the soldiers who died in the bloody battles to control Verdun in World War I.

Where hikers on the Tecumseh Trail can exchange a dirty sock for a free geode.

This 15th-century structure had a long, tortuous journey to its current location.

This lighthouse was crafted as penitence for the theft of wine bound for a monastery.

A gift from the Soviet Union in the 1980s, this is the only statue of the Soviet dictator in Southeast Asia.

The location of a citizen uprising that led to a gruesome act of mob justice.

These huge glacial erratics are humorously named after a much much smaller bird.

Antiques and recycled art surround this cabin designed to resemble a 19th-century schoolhouse.