Places Edited by Sarah Durn

Hang with reindeer at this 400-year-old Sámi market.

This statue celebrating early Hollywood is largely forgotten, while its twin replica at Walt Disney World has become an icon.

This 19th-century house museum features a horse-drawn hearse and other antique oddities.

In 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand spent his final night alive at this luxurious hotel.

In 1810, free people of color made up more of New Orleans's population than any other Southern city.

Tacoma's historic Beaux-Arts train station is now a federal courthouse featuring large-scale glass sculptures by artist Dale Chihuly.

An early masterpiece of Le Corbusier, a famed Modernist architect, hiding in plain sight.

A grueling 699-step stairway to a heavenly view of the island of Saint Helena.

Located within a 17th-century convent, this museum features centuries-old Christian art pieces that meld European and Asian influences.

This was once the largest four-sided clock in the world (yes, even bigger than Big Ben).

This church commemorates a venerable, yet nigh-forgotten woman who dedicated her life to the poor in post-war Tokyo.

For more than a century, Parisians have come for affordable dishes in a grand converted train station.

After immigrating to Paris in the 1970s, two brothers from Laos built a grocery store empire.

An underground city beneath Krakow's postwar socialist utopia.

Grab a life-changing ham sandwich at this former horse butchershop.

Offal and flawless onion soup are on the menu at this restaurant that once catered to the workers of Les Halles.

Travel back in time at a Moroccan-inspired restaurant that was the height of glamor in the 1970s.

One of Ireland's best-preserved chambered cairns can be found next to a wishing tree.

This Algerian sweet shop serves confections in an eye-popping array of hues.

Head to this repurposed Renault van for fiery sausages and fries.

Used as a military post in three different engagements, this fort has remained incomplete and unfired upon for nearly 200 years.

Fully loaded, Tunisian-style sandwiches are on the menu at this unassuming hole-in-the-wall.

Ride a mechanical corn dog at the alleged birthplace of America's favorite deep-fried wiener.

The famous sculptor had a hand in this imposing fortress.