Places Edited by Jonathan Carey

One of the most valuable palace-garden complexes in the eastern borderlands—and one of the most haunted.

At the time of its construction, this hydroelectric power plant was the largest in the world.

This site contains overlapping ancient graveyards that existed about 1,000 years apart.

A turn-of-the-century prophecy comes true when a mischievous wooden Devil watches the neighboring church burn to the ground

This aircraft museum is home to one of just three Halifax bombers in the world.

This former INS center is now home to a thriving community of artists, from performers to painters to architects.

The current seat of the Parliament of Andalusia was once the epicenter of the Great Plague of Seville.

A schoolhouse and chapel are all that remains of this alpine village.

In the middle of an abandoned stretch of old Route 50 lies a tombstone that weighs three tons.

The set location for a 1987 cult classic draws international film buffs to the middle of the Mojave Desert.

This once-majestic, now-abandoned Victorian castle has seen better days.

An out-of-place Air Force radar dome is all that denotes this park as a former missile launch site.

The site of the first international football match.

The building where Mary, Queen of Scots was said to have bathed in white wine.

This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.

The walls of a colonial-era fort encircle a small, tropical assortment of plant life.

This statue of the legendary Austrian composer is hidden in the center of an Italian town.

The world's first combination ski slope and power plant.

The city of Parma's cathedral is home to one of the greatest illusionistic frescoes of the Renaissance.

An abandoned 1970s theme park that has been turned into a space for waterfront walking.

This bridge was constructed from the remains of the first Ferris wheel.

It is said that coins washed in the waters here will miraculously multiply.

Constructed by forced laborers, this submarine pen is now a museum and war memorial.

At the height of alum production at this factory, human urine was a valued commodity.