Places Edited by Sarah Durn

The first woman in the United States to get a driver's license is buried here.

A famed admiral left behind this 17th-century house key when he joined the British Navy.

This sinister Baroque entryway could lead you to a terrible fate.

A Bauhaus co-founder designed this quirky, abandoned granary.

This building is a recreation of the gatehouse that separated Los Alamos from the outside world during the era of the Manhattan Project.

One of the few surviving gates into Old Goa, the former capital of Portuguese India.

A short tunnel built straight through a magmatic dike.

A mountaintop shrine-temple guarded by a horde of half-demon priests.

The rodent-shaped sidewalk imprint that earned worldwide media attention.

A 20-foot-tall quarter commemorates George Washington’s ties to Bedford County.

A bronze, peeing self-portrait protests unequal inheritance rights.

An undeciphered text is inscribed on a mysterious stone slab.

The best-preserved beehive tombs in Oman with spectacular backdrop.

A sculpture of a woman so beautiful she got arrested for it.

A statue based on a tragic Japanese nursery rhyme, commemorating San Diego's sisterhood with Yokohama.

Kuala Lumpur’s historic single-screen cinema, transformed into a labyrinthine bookstore.

The world's largest collection of historic U.S. military naval vessels.

This 700-year-old temple is one of the city's oldest.

A charming Amazigh village carved into a mountaintop.

The ruins of this magnificent Scottish castle blend both Gothic and Renaissance architectural styles.

The medieval ferry service has been going strong since the 14th century.

These concrete crustaceans are actually public restrooms.

A purr-fectly spirited bronze celebration of local street felines through history.

This statue commemorates one of medieval England’s most courageous heroes.