Places Edited by SEANETTA ALLSASS

When it came to designing his own small office building, the eccentric architect wasn't afraid to show the world what he could do.

This charming cobbled backstreet is the most Instagramable street in Paris, much to the residents' annoyance.

A city block packed with whimsical sculptures that seem to be plucked from a tiled fantasy world.

This giant disembodied horse head seems to balance impossibly on its nose.

The oldest building in the District of Columbia was preserved because of a mistaken connection to George Washington.

This Victorian graveyard in Leeds is a macabre collection of beautiful tombs and memorials.

Bored potato-guarding Nazis etched their thoughts onto a brick storage building in Copenhagen's Meatpacking District.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

A tribute to the intrepid explorer and his crew who perished in terrible conditions on an ill-fated expedition to the Arctic.

The 19th-century pharmacy (now a used bookstore) was featured in James Joyce’s "Ulysses," and has changed very little to this day.

The small bright red pillar survived the 1996 Manchester bombing virtually unscathed.

The sculpture is made of more than 100,000 knives collected to raise awareness about violence.

The art museum is decorated with creatively remodeled pre-Nazi swastikas.

This banal Parisian entranceway is not what it seems.

Something's watching you.

An 80-year-old plane tree is devouring an iron bench at Ireland's oldest law school.

A nun spent 16 years painting the stunning Celtic mural that covers the interior of this WWI memorial.

Remnants of the 16th-century defensive wall still stand unassumingly within Edinburgh.

Accessible only at low tide, the deserted island is dotted with World War II ruins.

The taxidermy remains of the first mammal ever cloned from an adult cell are on display in Edinburgh.

At just 51 feet and 10 inches long, it's the shortest street in England.

A library where thousands of books explain how to avoid another Great Recession.

A memorial to the politician who became Great Britain's first fatality to be caused by a locomotive.

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.