Places Edited by SEANETTA ALLSASS

Hidden in plain sight, this creepy sculpture watches from above.

This monument to one of the largest science fiction games of all time bears the names of hundreds of thousands of players.

What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.

The first green space constructed on an elevated viaduct.

The former home of a mad diplomat is said to still be marked in bloody, arcane scrawls.

This simple convenience store sits on the location where the Ouija board was named—and has a plaque to prove it.

Nope, not Washington Irving's house.

A rough granite monument marks the spot where Europeans first caught sight of the San Francisco Bay.

The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.

The only remaining building in New York to see the inauguration of a president is being slowly overtaken by a grocery store.

This home of a taxidermy hoarder is among the grandest and most singular of historic English estates.

A former fisherman's hut deemed too small for habitation is now a delightful tourist draw.

This artist's home turned gallery/museum preserves the creator's love of "Eastern" influences.

Where now stands a 42-story condominium tower of marble, glass and steel was once the central market of New York’s slave trade.

This odd California folly seems like it was almost designed to accumulate urban legends.

This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

Enter the world under the hill at this ancient UK burial chamber.

The highest peak in Wales is said to be the final resting place of a giant killed by King Arthur.

A Lovecraftian altar of nightmarish bronze chairs sits ominously on a boardwalk in Puerto Vallarta.

The true age of this ancient stone circle is unknown, but its stunning vista isn't in question.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

The bar where "The Great Train Robbery" was planned was once a nexus of high society and low morals.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

The barrel-made lookout from Shackleton's final ship is tucked away in the crypt of one of London's oldest churches.