Places Edited by Jonathan Carey

These three pillboxes still remain as a witness of the Spanish Civil War in a park of Madrid.

Get a close look at the gigantic remains of long-extinct mammoths.

The final resting place of one of Hollywood’s most prolific and talented actors is on the grounds of a California Mission.

A 200-year-old tavern challenges guests to finish a glass of wine while hanging from a ceiling beam.

When in Idaho, sleep in a giant potato.

Mexico City decorates its facades with extravagant floral arrangements every year.

The oldest Hindu temple complex in Nepal serves as the seat of Nepal’s national deity, Lord Pashupatinath.

Two planes stand abandoned after the closure of an aircraft-themed restaurant.

Legend says a witch conjured the world's third largest whirlpool to protect Scotland from a nasty pirate.

The racehorse's headstone highlights a forgotten part of the Hendrie Park Gardens' history.

Archaeologists are still unraveling the secrets of the brutal massacre that wiped out this ancient fort.

Legend says this demonic carving inside a medieval cathedral was one of Satan's minions.

A rare rune stone dedicated to a woman.

An otherworldly, fossil-rich cobble beach holds Viking graves, cairns, and other remains.

A scrap-metal sculpture recalls an infamous 19th-century camel.

A 115-year-old restored German dining hall awaits those who venture beneath the Minnesota State Capitol.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

When the USA donated cement and funds to expand the airport in Laos, the Laotians built a massive monument instead.

The final resting place of a prominent Chippewa chief and several Native American children.

Few things look more out of place than the electric blue ponds in the reddish-brown desert of Utah.

Visitors flock to the historic birthplace of radiobalneology for its therapeutic radium treatments.

This schoolhouse for Black American children is one of the oldest remaining in southeastern Ohio.

A mysterious ruin shrouded in more folklore than fact.

Make a wish at what might be America's only Catholic shrine to a sinner.