Places Edited by Jonathan Carey

This 1960s kinetic artwork has been restored and is once again whirling away in downtown Minneapolis.

This dam in the woods, built by Henry Ford with only manpower and oxen, holds no water and serves no purpose.

This secret collection of the strange and occult was rediscovered in a forgotten room of an old house.

Iconic red and white plaques show the creative names invented to navigate the city streets.

Three rooms of bones, curios, and one artist's collection of natural artifacts create this intriguing museum.

A replica of the decorated wooden pillars Viking sailors threw overboard when finding new places to establish a settlement.

A competition inspired by Stephen King's psychological horror novel "The Long Walk."

What was meant as an innocent piece of art has earned a reputation as the "mansplaining sculpture."

The bizarre headgear looks like it was made for a fool, not a king.

This awkward aquarium sculpture is one of the strangest statues in Chicago.

Mexico's largest collection of masks is found in the ruins of an abandoned convent.

Hidden inside a hotel is a museum of miniature models depicting the traditions and history of Mexico.

Three memorials honor the victims of the worst sports stadium disaster in Britain.

This "City of Books" holds a museum, library, and the complete personal book collections of five of Mexico's greatest thinkers.

Public clocks around the city chime with bullfights, cockfights, old railways, and other local traditions.

An incredibly random collection of wax figures is displayed in a shopping center walkway.

A hidden piece of Altoona's railroad history in a long-forgotten abandoned town.

This secret garden has bloomed into London's most unique hub of urban creativity.

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

A cemetery full of exquisite statuary, including a monument to a woman some say died of a broken heart.

The tiny airport in remote Newfoundland that inspired a hit musical is also a modernist architectural gem.

Fragments of the former temple's lost facade are now displayed in a strange library of stones.

Peek inside restored planes at this off-the-beaten-path collection of aviation archaeology.

The final resting place of the controversial chess champion.