Places Edited by Jonathan Carey

A memorial commemorating the only Scottish police investigation into an extraterrestrial incident.

The Latvian city of Ventspils is filled with dozens of cow statues showcasing unique themes.

This sculpture celebrates a boules tournament and the link between Leeds and its twin city Lille.

This artistic fountain display pays homage to this area's theatrical history.

This once rural mansion now sits in the heart of the city.

Founded in 1925, this folk school attracts students from across the country and preserves traditional Appalachian art.

Spain's largest bullring offers a unique glimpse at architecture and history.

A weathered, American Foursquare-style house originally built for lumber merchant William Wimsatt.

The site of the last royal wedding in Korea.

A tiny graveyard with a mysterious past.

One man handcrafts "the best sake made outside of Japan" in a tiny desert town on Route 66.

Home to around 40 different species, this forest was also the setting for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon."

This twice-relocated "Usonian" home is among the smallest built by master architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

This national park is home to unique vegetation known as woodland savannah.

This sculpture commemorates a naturalist and an illustrator whose work was a forerunner to modern field guides.

During the 19th-century, this park was a vital trading fort.

A medieval church that contains murals from famed artist Albertus Pictor.

This narrow fjord-like bay is the largest ria in the Mediterranean Sea.

This museum is filled with an eclectic collection of unique inventions.

This gold mine–turned–swimming hole is the perfect summer picnic spot, immersed in nature and history.

A 19th century grave house with a unique message formed by the stone supports to the railing around the walls.

A unique flight of canal locks that owe their form to 19th-century cost-saving measures.

This impeccably preserved farmstead is a time capsule of a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist's life.

A distinctive building that incorporates a mythical beast into its architecture.