Places Edited by Isaac Schultz

Sitting atop a rock on Michamvi Pingwe beach, this restaurant becomes its own island at high tide.

The Gunditjmara Aboriginal people of Australia began construction on this vast aquacultural complex 6,600 years ago.

One of the world's largest murals covers a large swath of homes in its hillside neighborhood.

An art installation memorializing a tram stop, which became a tram stop.

Though it was heavily modified, fragments of the original medieval cathedral still survive.

Pumpkin-like gargoyles and grotesques peer down from the rooftop of this unassuming apartment building in Illinois.

A circle of giant painted vases in the former pottery capital of the United States.

Installed as a beacon of hope for a hurricane-racked island, the statue had to be moved multiple times due to the eroding coast.

The gargoyles and grotesques of the 21st century are here—22 emoji built into a new building in the Netherlands.

A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.

The only land territory disputed between the U.S. and Canada.

Alabama has a fiberglass Stonehenge. With apologies to Spinal Tap, this one is full-size.

A eclectic collection of military memorabilia.

A stone copper was sculpted on the wall of the Carlisle Cathedral to honor a local hero.

Like Stonehenge, but with boats and oodles more charm.

These elevated trucks were put in place as a middle finger to The Man, but are now considered folk art.

Fresh wooden posts have been added to ancient holes to recreate a primitive henge clock.

This ancient Hawaiian henge may have been an early star chart.

The Uyghur settlement in the middle of a lake continues to raise questions.

This century-old grotesque has a mysterious history and may not actually be a rabbit.

An Art Nouveau building covered in animal gargoyles and grotesques.

A lush desert oasis in the shape of a narrow crescent.

The world's oldest and largest museum of mass transit vehicles.

A collection of massive stacked rocks in Texas includes a snarky note on the benefits of modern technology.