Places Edited by Jonathan Carey

A former Canadian Pacific Railway station turned liquor store, the first and only station in Canada visited by British royalty.

A rural colonial settlement that contains the remains of a store and cooper.

A rare and unique 19th-century pastoral burial site elevated off the ground.

This Roman underground canal was the longest tunnel ever built until the late 19th-century.

This mural condenses 96 miles of one of Scotland's best-known trails into a unique art display.

This statue honors the author's groundbreaking family story.

The spot where the first living specimen of the coelacanth was discovered.

A little-known caravanserai hidden among farmhouses in the Turkish countryside.

Recreations of a Norse longhouse and boat on Shetland's northernmost inhabited island.

This museum is dedicated to one of Russia's greatest explorers.

This homestead was occupied by Union soldiers, who believed the owners were signaling Confederate forces.

Although built to generate electricity for Marylanders, this dam has become an all-you-can-eat buffet for American bald eagles.

This one-room schoolhouse played a significant role in the education of Black children for almost 100 years.

The world's only full-size replica of the research hut used by Douglas Mawson for his 1911-14 Australasian Antarctic Expedition.

The remains of the last Gonzaga villa, a luxurious palace built in spite of an economic crisis.

The world's first motel is now an administrative building for an apple farm.

This Khmer-era temple includes a lintel that was stolen and displayed at the Art Institute of Chicago for years before returning to Thailand.

This stone once marked the boundaries of Liverpool's medieval markets.

These oldest of these "embroidered stones" were carved 4,000 years ago in a high mountain valley.

A series of idealized caves carved to entertain guests.

This replica of the Indian spiritual master Meher Baba's tomb stands unfinished in the New Mexico desert.

Old neon signs from the City of Brotherly Love provide a snapshot of the city’s evolution.

A statue that stood at the center of a long copyright battle.

The main feature of these gardens is a rarity in the northernmost part of Scotland: trees.