Places Edited by Sommer Mathis

When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.

This granite rock face is named for the magnificent reflection that occurs when the sun hits it just right.

An annual celebration of the region's successful elk reintroduction program.

Rome's first modern graffito is all that is left of a peaceful protest from the 1970s.

These paved rills bring freshwater into Altstadt and could spell wedding bells for whoever stumbles into the waters.

The former desk of Fire Chief Joseph "Bum" Farto is all that remains after his mysterious disappearance following a drug conviction.

Take afternoon tea in a 17th-century almshouse.

This may be the last of London's wooden pavements, which were once a common sight in the city.

This house was home to a succession of park keepers for more than 90 years, but in all that time, it never had a toilet.

One of the oldest seagoing boats in the world can be found at the Dover Museum.

Sidle into a side alley for a taste of sumo wrestlers' traditional hot-pot soup, in a tiny restaurant founded by a former competitor.

This statue has a painful history, but activists have since recontextualized it as a way to educate visitors about the dangers posed by fascist regimes.

The legacies of two historic Black American institutions live on in this unassuming brick building.

This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.

This feature of the city's aqueduct has achieved numismatic fame thanks to its appearance on Mexican banknotes.

One of the largest private collections of cars manufactured by the short-lived Franklin Automobile Company.

One of the oldest Mexican restaurants in the United States air-dries its trademark beef in a dangling outdoor cage.

The sprawling attraction boasts a collection of more than 150 historic wagons.

Swirling layers of white and red rock earned these mountains their festive nickname.

This bike path was sunk below water level for maximum wonder.

A man used his Civil War-era fortune to build this sanctuary in memory of his wife.

See tools once used for processing this coffee-substitute plant before sampling its flavor firsthand.

Amid the rubble of Aleppo's Old Quarter, part of a historic market has been restored and re-opened.

Nestled between a college and a golf course, the garden is home to more than 2,500 rhododendrons.