Places Edited by Jonathan Carey

The walls and ceilings of the "Mexican Sistine Chapel" are almost completely covered with mural, sculpture, inscriptions and oil paintings.

Kawaii meets poisonous at this unique art gallery.

Visitors can sit and study the board with this Estonian chess legend and International Grandmaster.

This former monastery in Vietnam now houses a chocolate shop and museum filled with centuries-old taxidermy specimens.

These ordinary blocks of stone are the last surviving remains of Tokyo's infamous red-light district.

This massive complex is made up of hundreds of smaller temples that date back to the ninth century.

Discover a beautiful natural paradise, minutes away from a thriving city.

Seemingly straight out of a fairy tale, a steel chair sits on a tiny island only accessible by stepping stones.

A beautiful combination of living flora with preserved bones covers the shelves of this shop.

The oldest surviving one-room schoolhouse in Montgomery County, Maryland.

These seaside shelters once enjoyed by royalty remain a part of local history.

This giant squid sculpture sits near the spot where a real-life specimen was captured in the late 19th-century.

Hidden in magnificent rolling countryside, see what may be the largest modern stone circle in the world at Wisconsin's very own "Stonehenge”

An abstract and eyecatching clock/fountain is the centerpiece of this little-known German city.

This 100-foot tall tombstone memorializes victims of 40 years of nuclear testing in Kazakhstan.

This once prosperous community was home to European settlers and the Ojibwe.

A monument with a complex history dedicated to one of South Africa's greatest heroes.

A temporary art piece to celebrate LGBTQ Pride is now a permanent part of Stockholm's traffic landscape.

An exhibit of endangered species confiscated from smugglers and passengers.

This memorial celebrates the legacy of the British-Norwegian resistance movement during World War II.

A lesser-known sister to Paris's world-famous museum, located within a Buddhist sculpture paradise.

Mary Rowlandson's kidnapping ordeal became one of the nation's first best-selling books.

A former special storage facility for documents during the Cold War.

These shopping center benches are actually a modern art installation.