Places Edited by Jonathan Carey

The largest freshwater lake in northeast India is also the only floating national park in the world.

This granite mountain is the largest rock in Africa and the second-largest monolith in the world.

The most historic church in Fairfax County played a role in the creation of the American Red Cross.

Both funky and traditional, it's the oldest of its kind in Indiana.

This old, abandoned hotel offers magnificent views.

Barcelona's only remaining tram system takes riders to the Tibidabo funicular.

The famous greeting card maker owns a collection of paintings by the famed surrealist.

This Chinese art gallery is hidden inside the Sunrider Corporation headquarters.

The ruins of this medieval castle on a foggy hill tell the story of a once-mighty empire.

This building was once a town hall, a fire station, a prison, a dairy market, and the target for two marksmen.

This astronomical clock is the second oldest in England.

This ancient fortress was once the setting for a strange battle won with the help of a lizard.

This bomb was once used as a church after it failed to detonate.

This dazzling Art Nouveau mansion is now home to the Modern Art Gallery Subotica.

This ancient Visigothic church might hide an ancient treasure.

A tiny nondenominational church harkens back to the days of the first homesteaders in the region.

In this quiet village, a blue plaque marks the spot where the famous fictional detective retired.

This window celebrates the role of tea, coffee, cocoa, and cotton in creating the fortune of the man who commissioned it.

The oldest residential street in Europe also features an optical illusion.

A 19th-century British industrialist built this Louis XIII–inspired chateau for his homesick French wife.

A 200-year-old bar is all that remains of one Mississippi River town's rough-and-tumble past.

On a small island in the Caribbean, a statue of Napoleon's first wife has been beheaded and covered in red paint.

The last of three massive blast furnaces that were once at the foundation of the Port of Sagunto economy.

One of the first monuments dedicated to the accomplishments of the great Vice Admiral, Horatio Nelson.