Places Edited by Jonathan Carey

This striking steel sculpture transforms environmental data into art.

Nearly 300,000 acres of wildlife, natural splendor, and a hidden ghost town have been designated a national monument.

Pay your respects to departed pets, both celebrity and otherwise.

The only museum in the world dedicated to preserving the life and work of American comedian and entertainer, Phil Silvers.

This secluded walkway overlooks a magnificently wild London green space.

Potato-peeling mannequins, Inca art, and a dangling tuber mobile help trace the history of fries at this Belgian museum.

These excavated burials from the Tarim Basin are wrapped in mystery.

This macabre masterpiece of a mural is one of Francisco Goya's "Black Paintings."

Enjoy a slice while browsing the world's largest collection of pizza memorabilia.

This rickety old shed hides a trove of secondhand literary treasures.

The rusting relics of Southampton's former luxurious flying boat industry.

At this museum in Iceland, visitors can sample fermented Greenland shark.

Assemble a masterpiece at the first and only North American school exclusively dedicated to mosaic art.

This collector's home is a constant work in progress.

These official units of measurement—including chains and perches—lie hidden beneath tourists' feet in a popular London hub.

This forgotten Frank Lloyd Wright house is an architectural marvel at the end of a sleepy residential street.

At a Japanese train station, a goddess emerges from a dumpling.

After years of slow decline, a derelict Gothic castle is now being restored to life.

This colonial fort is an intriguing example of Renaissance military architecture.

Seven mini rowhouses fill the gap between 54 and 70 Westerstraat.

A labyrinthine museum chronicling the history of African culture in Brazil.

A curious memento mori hangs in the magnificent Cathedral of Segovia.

Part of an abandoned19th-century fortress hides in plain sight inside a modern office building.

This marvelous array is one of the largest collections of mechanical instruments in Europe.