Places Edited by Jonathan Carey

New Zealand's most advertised nonexistent landmark

This former power station is now a museum dedicated to the region's coal-producing history.

A response to the wrongly placed meridian of the same name.

A shrine dedicated to the sacred white snakes of Iwakuni, whose albinism has been passed down for generations.

The only remaining arch of the oldest stone bridge in Rome stands in the middle of the Tiber.

This abandoned building made of petrified wood was once a hotspot for buying moonshine.

The remains of a boarding school designed to forcibly assimilate Native American children.

This fully restored synagogue explores the American Jewish experience along the old frontier.

This historic church houses the grave of a Scottish soldier who fought in the Battle of Waterloo.

This small shop walked so America could run on Dunkin'.

A quartet of brightly colored mythical beasts stand sentry at this gateway.

This tower once belonged to a castle fit for a knight.

This imprint of an old computer keyboard has a unique backstory.

This Cold War–era fallout shelter was actually a storage facility for the nation's emergency currency.

A public art installation with a nautical themed poem, enhances this pedestrian street.

This burial cave houses around 100 ancient coffins, neatly stacked to form a massive wall.

This monument marks the beginning journey of a wounded soldier's leg that ended up almost two states away.

The Internet Age began with a transmission from this biker bar.

This National Natural Landmark is one of the best examples of a “mass wasting” in the world.

This stone pays homage to the diaries written by Gideon Bonnivert.

A network of fortifications that never saw conflict.

Visitors are treated to a stained glass kaleidoscope interior inside this work of art.

An ornate "graveyard" for some of the country's forlorn building relics.

These constructed wetlands naturally filter millions of gallons of treated wastewater every day.