Places Edited by Jonathan Carey

The ruins of a church destroyed by both the Great Fire of London and the Blitz, now turned into a peaceful garden.

This abandoned church languishing for decades is now one man's passion project and subject of paranormal investigators.

This Gallo-Roman sanctuary is dedicated to Serápis, god of the underworld.

A charming and enigmatic sculpture of a lynx haunts the park of Kellinghusen.

This statue commemorates a special connection between ancient Greece and the Melbourne suburb of Brunswick.

Spectacular views await visitors to this lake.

At the largest railway museum in the United States, you can see everything from an early steam engine to a functioning Thomas the Tank Engine.

This set of concrete chambers resonates according to different notes of octaves.

The birthplace of the first author to win the Pulitzer Prize in fiction and poetry.

This unique structure allowed boats to bypass underwater mine barriers in the channel to enter the harbor.

This estate on the banks of the James River was home to a Founding Father, two presidents, a famous bugle melody, and what some say was the actual first Thanksgiving.

After decades of neglect, a brutalist icon is getting new life as an eco-friendly hotel.

An abandoned railroad tunnel transformed into a creepy path for hikers and cyclists.

A giant snail sculpture looking longingly at the German traffic museum.

This Slovenian museum houses the country's largest collection of painted beehive panels.

A bibliophile's heaven that contains hundreds of bookstores, offering over a third of secondhand books for sale in Tokyo.

This giant, granite purse is one of Melbourne's most unique and distinctive pieces of public art.

The former atelier of Mario Cassisa is a treasure trove of paintings, sculptures, and artist books.

A memorial dedicated to those who lost their lives working in what is now a massive tourist attraction.

The home of Greece’s national poet sits crumbling in the middle of a popular tourist district.

Visiting this café is like visiting the Austrian grandma you wish you had.

After the oysters have been shucked, and the restaurant's been shuttered, the terrazzo sidewalk from the 1940s is all that remains.

A poignant museum dedicated to the history of the Dutch resistance against Nazi occupation

One of the best-preserved, yet least visited stone circle sites in Cumbria.