Places Edited by Sarah Durn

The remains of a 13th-century Romanesque church lie abandoned on a hillside.

An intricate ceramic tile facade adorns this five-star hotel.

A model train wonderland hidden beneath Gare de l'Est station.

Hundreds of plague victims were buried beneath this small, rural church.

A tiny 1857 chapel sits on top of a secluded, forested hill.

Nicknamed the 'Chestergate Hotel,' the underground tunnel had beds, lights, and even flushing toilets.

This time-honored eatery near Hoàn Kiếm Lake serves the classic pairing of rice vermicelli soup and savory sticky rice.

A strange Georgian folly sits atop a lonely hill.

Three witches are said to be buried beneath these unmarked concrete graves.

Dedicated to a local cow who escaped a slaughterhouse and became an international symbol of peace.

This one-of-its-kind shipyard brings the 12th-century Viking Age back to life.

This 16th-century hilltop chapel is one of the oldest churches in Old Goa.

An abandoned incline railway site is now a green space with six acres of trails connecting hilltop neighborhoods.

A local museum remembers one of the worst acts of anti-Chinese violence in American history.

This lavish 20th-century casino adorns labels for San Pellegrino water.

After fleeing the Syrian civil war, chef Malakeh Jazmati began serving exceptional renditions of her homeland's cuisine in Berlin.

One of the world's largest amber altarpieces is housed within this reconstructed medieval church.

Liechtenstein's royal family calls this medieval alpine castle home.

A Buddhist monastery tucked away in the mountains of Colorado.

After a local English teacher visited Stratford-upon-Avon, she was inspired to create a garden and home in the Bard's honor.

The last remaining 19th-century mile marker along the historic Ocean Parkway.

A ceramic postbox where visitors can post original poems and creative messages.

An intentionally grounded cargo ship remains half-buried in the sand.

This observation tower is a longstanding, 1960s landmark in the Thousand Islands region of Canada.