Places Edited by Jonathan Carey

One of South America's most exclusive resorts has a storied history dating back to World War II.

Metal dinosaurs lurk in a sculpture garden on the outskirts of a popular resort town.

A memorial to one of the saddest stories in Victoria's history.

A spectacular tribute to statesman and philanthropist Andrew Mellon.

This unique sculpture of a steelworker is hidden amid the trees of Sheffield.

A small and somewhat hidden memorial to 68 local veterans of the Vietnam War.

Walk into an underground archeological dig, the site of the Roman Forum that was once the center of Valencia.

A museum dedicated to one of Paris’s most famous residents, tucked into a corner of one of the city’s most famous squares.

One of four sister bronze sculptures dedicated to the widows and orphans of an 1881 tragedy.

This historic electric train has operated with regularity since the early 1900s.

This bronze statue stands throughout the year and illustrates an urgent message about the environment.

An underappreciated sculpture garden just a few blocks from the capitol building.

A paradise hotel turned from opulent to overgrown.

An old railroad grade built for the construction of Hoover Dam is now a recreational trail featuring several tunnels and sweeping views of Lake Mead.

This Paleolithic cave may be the oldest cemetery in North Africa.

Inside the cloister of the Temple of San Juan Bautista is a ceiling decorated with gold Baroque illustrations.

A piece of public art commemorating the world's first Black professional footballer.

Apparently, Hell has waterfalls in Slovenia.

US-50 in Nevada is known as "the Loneliest Road in America," but this earlier iteration of the route is even lonelier.

This figure of a local merchant is said to reanimate and do a dance during Hogmanay.

This isolated and westernmost point of the Faroe Islands archipelago is home to thousands of seabirds.

This unassuming riverbank is Missouri’s first designated site in the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom.

A physical catalog of ceramics made by the now-defunct Celadon Terra Cotta company.

Mining, a local filmmaker, and a philanthropist doctor all commemorated within a small space in suburban Edinburgh