Places Edited by SEANETTA ALLSASS

A perfectly running 230-year-old silver automaton and music box.

A Manhattan office building is home to the world’s largest chess board.

A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.

The tea room that pushed the boundaries of adorable straight into... we can't find the words.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

Hidden beneath the streets of London is a secret subway that only carried mail.

Known as the "Dodo Manège," this carousel features a herd of animals that have disappeared—or may be gone soon.

The origins of midtown Manhattan's anachronistic wooden farmhouse remain a mystery.

Despite attempts by local police to discourage it, Beatles-inspired graffiti has been a means for artists to air grievances for decades.

New York City's only preserved family home from the 19th century.

Three bridges straddle a stream, one stacked upon the other.

A mocking tribute to the past and modern leadership of Prague.

A recently restored Shoreditch landmark with ties to Jack the Ripper.

A 400-year-old mummified arm dangles from the ceiling of St. James the Greater, serving as a warning to thieves.

A building that survived WWII, possibly on the virtue of its name alone.

Church in Manhattan holds the bloody sock of Padre Pio, among with many other unusual relics.

Egyptian Revival movie palace abandoned for decades and restored in 2013.

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

Prone to disastrous fires, the city of San Francisco has the Guardian, a fireboat gifted by residents, to watch over them from the bay.

A devastating booze inferno poured through the streets, claiming several victims who drank it.

Artists and musicians now rule over this former rail station.

A famous burial ground with a history both grim and literary.