Places Edited by SEANETTA ALLSASS

Pre-Nazi swastikas adorn the sculpted pachyderms flanking this brewhouse portal.

This Fifth Avenue church has long been the favored worshiping place of Broadway actors and vaudeville performers.

Vienna's giant wonder wheel had a starring role in one of the greatest noir movies of all time.

The hidden lair of an alchemist rediscovered in a 2002 flood.

Countless grotesque faces stare out from this eerie Prague art wall.

Within this lovely Richmond cemetery lie the remains of famous Virginians and some of Edgar Allan Poe's most beloved family and friends.

This stunning concert hall has become a symbol of Iceland's national recovery.

This Scottish manor house is a lush relic from the life of a literary great.

A Victorian Gothic masterpiece housing a world-class collection of rare books and manuscripts.

This monument to a veteran of the Mexican-American War is one of only two in Manhattan that serve as an actual mausoleum.

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

This Parisian fountain is a little bit fantasy and a little bit nightclub.

Manchester's abandoned train depot lingers in a post-industrial purgatory.

This tiny little cave was said to have been a refuge for a saint with a glowing arm.

A stone copper was sculpted on the wall of the Carlisle Cathedral to honor a local hero.

A statue in the center of Dublin dedicated to one of their favorite sons of rock & roll.

This studio was home to David Bowie's first single, even if it did turn away the Beatles.

An artistic tribute to the famous singer, just around the corner from where he was born.

A memorial to a dog that inspired rioting in the streets of London.

This 11th century tower is said to be the oldest building in Oxford.

This historic old movie house was the scene of one of the Blob's most iconic attacks.

A statue in the heart of Edinburgh honors a bear that served in the Polish military during World War II.

The ruins of this gorgeous clifftop castle look like something from a fantasy novel.

This huge concrete map of Scotland was built as a thank you gift from a Polish soldier.