Places Edited by SEANETTA ALLSASS

The slender brass strip in Prague's Old Town Square was used to tell time from 1652 to 1918.

Stripes of human ashes cover a back lawn in the most sought-after burial grounds in Paris.

A sculpture outside London's oldest cathedral honors the Mohegan chief who died while petitioning the king.

The 16th-century church has the only stained glass windows that survived the Scottish Reformation intact.

More than 5,000 artifacts donated by the people of the city, plus a room entirely devoted to the band U2.

The old tradition of drying laundry on poles in the public green is still guaranteed by Glasgow city law.

The last four extravagant street signs of London's historic banking street.

‘Bush the old fire dog died of poison July 5th, 1869. RIP.’

A plaque marks the underground site of one of London's "lost rivers."

This robust fence in front of a historic Georgetown home is likely made from hundreds of recycled Revolutionary War firearms.

An existential riddle in the world's largest ancient castle.

Some of the earliest leaders of the Moravian congregation are buried here.

A bronze tribute to the wildly popular video game from the '90s.

A relic from one of London's worst 19th-century slums.

Though they've since been renamed, these two streets hint at Dublin's darker days.

“It has nae lugs!”

The walls are decorated with whimsical murals painted by the creator of the Madeline franchise.

A scattered trail of street art adds a pop of color to the city's stark structures.

17th-century merchants in Bristol nailed their deals by placing money on these pedestals.

The first AIDS memorial chapel in San Francisco and one of only a few in the U.S.

This beautiful vintage movie palace has seen little change in form or function since the 1920s.

One of the shortest streets in York has an especially odd name.

Hans Christian Andersen for the postmodern world.

The London pub overlooks where the Mayflower was moored before setting sail for the New World.