Places Edited by Henrik Johansson

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

A nightly tradition fills the streets of Flogsta with a collective scream.

A heroic pigeon that, through a barrage of gunfire, delivered a message that saved over 100 lives in World War I.

Law-protected wreckage serves as a peculiar memorial for an almost forgotten World War II tragedy.

Special tunnels built so that frogs won't be killed when crossing the highway.

One man has carved a number of natural New Mexico caves into psychedelic sandstone temples.

Medical museum that houses most notably the taxidermied remains of Vladimir Demikhov's famous two-headed dog experiment.

Picturesque ruins once held off mighty armies.

A 200-year-old collection of medical paraphernalia in a historic house.

High-end antique collection housed in a centuries-old church.

This beautiful natural train tunnel is said to grant the wishes of visiting lovebirds.

What better way to honor a pioneering anatomist than by preserving his severed head like a specimen?

Vacant Beaux-Arts buildings that serve as reminders of a beach town’s glory days.

Debatably clever, or just plain honest hotel advertised as "The Worst Hotel in the World."

Architecturally stunning library serves as the hub of Finnish scholarly life and culture.

An old town theater converted into a celebration of the hobo legacy.

Ant sculptures march up the side of what used to be an iconic spot in punk rock lore.

Celebrating the transformation of trash into objects of beauty.

A young botanist's horticultural vision realized through a lifetime of planting, tending, and collecting seeds.

Two gravestones clasp hands over the religious divide.

Artists and musicians now rule over this former rail station.

This Dutch statue is a monument to the fictional shrew who brought doom to the city of Stavoren.

A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.

A tiny survivor of the Donner Party disaster.