Is it right to say "This is the factory where I paid a visit"?

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We came to a place ____ they had never paid a visit before.

A. where B.to which C. that D. which

Key: B What about A?

Is it right to say "This is the factory where I paid a visit"?

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Dictionary.com has the following conjunctive uses of where:

conj.
At what or which place: She moved to the city, where jobs are available.
In a place in which: He lives where the climate is mild.
In any place or situation in which; wherever: Where there's smoke, there's fire.
To a place in which: We should go where it is quieter.
To a place or situation in which: They will go where they are happy.
The idiom being used is paid a visit to [some place]. None of the definitions of where quite fit: they lack to, or duplicate place, or otherwise don't fit the idiom. But to which works just right.

Is it right to say "This is the factory where I paid a visit"?

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