Places Edited by Sarah Durn

Stuck in a bygone era, the oldest subterranean shopping street in Japan hides beneath the popular Asakusa district of Tokyo.

A downtown filled with nearly deserted historic buildings was revived as a pastel paradise.

This historic Erasmus statue was first mistaken for a legendary Chinese inventor, then as a child-eating hag.

A symbol of hope, survival, and national character, especially after it rose phoenix like from the flames.

This unique art installation used boiler tubes from a decommissioned power plant to resemble Antelope Canyon.

A neglected spomenik overlooking the beautiful Kopaonik Mountains.

Celebrating the history of Hangul, the Korean writing system invented by King Sejong to improve his realm’s literacy.

See the home and the range on which "Home on the Range" was arranged.

The ruins of a 15th-century tower house.

This gorgeous Peranakan mansion’s family heritage includes a century-old baby gate, which was also used to keep out irresponsible husbands.

The Hindu god Vishnu is said to have walked at this Hindu pilgrimage site.

Hundreds of statues of Buddha’s disciples meditating, napping, sneezing, and picking their noses.

A former Canadian automobile ferry mysteriously appeared in the Black River 20 years ago, and now it quietly rusts away.

A bizarre statue of a Buddhist goddess made from 20,000 insects.

Where visitors can play more than 150 retro arcade games.

After local authorities changed the design, the building's architect, Le Corbusier, wanted nothing to do with it.

This tiny island bears the name of Civil War veteran, fisherman, and local celebrity Richard Bassett.

A unique collection of old miners' cave homes carved in to the hillside cliffs near Death Valley.

This Victorian home turned opera house may have a phantom of its own.

Legend has it these two stones are petrified trolls.

P-town goes wild for the malassadas at this 87-year-old institution.

A unique piece by one of the most famous sculptors of the 20th century is rotting away in a small Ontario town.

A hidden Buddhist gem accessible only by boat.

Beautiful and terrifying masks displayed in the island’s only mask library.