Places Edited by Jonathan Carey

A simple stone remembers one of the most menacing horses in the Swedish military.

Spend a day hanging out with domesticated Russian foxes.

A quirky collection of outsider art made from automobile parts.

A uniquely lettered street sign marks the corner where the iconic word game was invented.

This uninhabited island in Maine is home to various works of art left by visitors over the years.

An abandoned 17th-century baroque hunting lodge with a wonderfully strange architectural plan.

A father's love for his son has weathered the test of time in this whimsical garden of outsider art.

This communist behemoth is the heaviest building in the world and a legacy of a brutal regime.

A series of three shiny letters mark the boundary of an old refuge for those being pursued by debt collectors.

A plaque marks the spot where the saint was shoved off the Charles Bridge and into the river.

A lush indoor jungle fills this bustling Madrid transportation hub.

An abandoned 1930s gas station turned bustling neighborhood park.

Beneath the most controversial monument in Mexico City is a cultural center that exhibits only digital art.

This large copper bolt represents the benchmark for measuring sea levels in most of Europe.

The original resting place of Queen Cleopatra and Mark Antony's only daughter.

A giant yellow phallus sculpture hidden in the gardens of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen.

Amsterdam's narrowest house facade is a monument to 17th-century tax evasion.

The discovery of an old wall led to the creation of this fascinating museum about the city in the Middle Ages.

No one’s quite sure why there's a metal megaphone bolted on two rocks in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

What was once the longest suspension bridge in Latin America was directly inspired by the iconic Brooklyn Bridge.

These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.

This small monument to the great inventor contains a time capsule and a Wi-Fi hotspot.

In the middle of a remote desert town is a surprisingly opulent hotel.

This quiet, unassuming spot in Budapest was the birthplace of the bloody 1956 Hungarian Revolution.