Places Edited by Sommer Mathis

To truly appreciate Detroit's landmark skyscraper, you have to step inside.

A shrine to the missionary who first brought Islam to China.

One of the first schools in the U.S. to admit students without regard to race or gender.

The spot where the two men ate together now stands enclosed in glass.

This is probably not the Target you're looking for.

The timeworn "Yankee Stadium" of the fastest game in the world isn't going anywhere.

The decorations were inspired by an unlikely missing treasure.

This old residential building was once the largest flour mill in the world.

A sandstone block marks the alleged spot where the legendary writer was conceived.

A magnificent mansion hides a delightful collection of historic timepieces.

Neglected resting place of some of the city's early luminaries—and a woman encased in concrete.

The former home of the "Mother of Father's Day."

A massive hydrovolcanic explosion left a half-mile wide crater in Death Valley.

This 2,000-year-old tree inspired the nursery rhyme "Rock-a-bye Baby."

Home to a vast and influential collection of Shakespeareana.

A hidden three-foot-wide house separates these two regal churches.

This fairytale-like structure is the last turf church ever constructed in Iceland.

At night, bats patrol this magnificent 18th-century space in search of book-eating pests.

Historians and hobbyists head to this former French outpost for the annual Feast of the Hunters' Moon.

It turns out that a hurricane-prone beach is probably not the best place to house wild animals.

Come in, light some incense, and ignore the live snakes around you.

There's a labyrinth of medieval chambers hidden deep below a 15th-century pub.

A registered historic landmark shrouded in unsettling local legends.

An unusual monument to a 19th-century circus star.