Places Edited by Jonathan Carey

This recently restored crypt was once plagued by liquefying coffins and exploding caskets.

It's where the final scene of the beloved Tom Hanks movie was filmed.

A large boulder marks the place where the island of Manhattan was purportedly "sold" to the Dutch.

The sign marks one of the endpoints to mainland Britain's longest overland travel route.

An artist has turned what most people would consider a bathroom nightmare into a work of political art.

This underground museum highlights the history of Mexico City's subway system.

These magnificently sculpted tombs represent Spain's own legendary version of "Romeo and Juliet."

A subterranean haunt where wine and homemade biscottis are always on the menu.

A menagerie of curiously bred creatures.

There's a lot of horsing around on this lonely stretch of Australian highway.

This museum pays homage to a device that precipitated a watershed moment in Finger Lakes food production.

The ruins of the movie ranch owned by actor and stuntman Ray "Crash" Corrigan.

A fortress off the West coast of Portugal that dates back to 1502.

The restored estate of a wealthy rancher was once at the heart of an unprecedented legal victory.

One of the world's largest shopping malls covers an area of 15 million square feet—and it's still set to grow.

A drowned river valley that was important to the Maori and European settlers.

A railway station takeout shop sells boxed meals in containers shaped like trains and snowmen that hold the country’s abundant regional delicacies.

The biblical sculpture honors those who lost their lives, homes and communities to the Chernobyl disaster.

A fantastic reconstruction of a 10th-century Viking longhouse.

Founded in the 4th-century, the town of Pernik plays host to the Surva Carnival⁠—a magnificent display of masked Kukeri dancers.

Murals made with millions of colorful stones adorn the abandoned building.

The Pennsylvania shopping center was once the setting for the 1978 film, "Dawn of the Dead."

A throwback train ride transports passengers through one of the lesser-known national parks in the country.

This metal disk commemorates the birth of a historic American holiday.