Places Edited by Sarah Durn

A German artist built a home and garden filled with whimsical art pieces, like a massive, operational volcano.

A mysterious, abandoned Chinese building in Mexico pays homage to the area's East Asian immigrants.

The same family lived in this Victorian house for nearly 100 years without altering the building.

View the ancient remains of buildings and the ancient "River of Hades" before hopping on a train.

How a bat poo mine became a major Native American archaeological site—and connections to legendary red-haired giants.

These distorting, funhouse mirrors achieved fame in a renowned piece of Spanish theater.

The site is dedicated to an investigative journalist whose murder triggered a political uproar that changed Slovakia forever.

An interactive back-alley mural project remembers the golden age of Kuala Lumpur’s Chinatown.

These murals celebrate the oft-overlooked legacies of Iraqi-Jewish actresses in Bollywood.

St. John the Baptist's forearm is housed in this remote 11th-century monastery.

The upstairs museum delves into the Lawson family murder, whose eight victims were embalmed at this store in 1929.

Nicknamed the "Spirit of Paul Klee," this colorful apartment building features an array of multicolored panels.

For more than half a millennia, this automaton has rung an hourly bell.

The rock carving that became an internet meme.

The museum is housed inside the historic 1863 Carson City Mint.

Three historic trains run on a half-mile track that features a tunnel.

A trompe l'oeil mural remembers the original colonial building that once stood here.

The only bicycle museum in the Netherlands charts the invention of the now-ubiquitous two-wheeled machine.

The third-tallest lighthouse in the United States stands as a reminder of Atlantic City's early days.

A nearly impregnable 16th-century fort is one of Goa's oldest.

Some believe that the artist behind this whimsical statue inserted his own likeness as a way to discreetly flip the bird.

This museum was once the home of industry titan Matilda Dodge Wilson.

Initially built for a Chinese princess and sultana, this well was used to secretly assassinate some 200 Portuguese colonizers.

This city's cultural center is in a restored Spanish colonial home from the 1800s.