Places Edited by Jonathan Carey

Legend says the goddess this shrine honors curses any couples that pass by.

In California, colorful roadside signs remind us all that love transcends borders.

Search for traces of the dinosaurs that roamed here more than 90 million years ago.

This abandoned Swedish folkpark offers an amazing view over the town of Överkalix.

The wreckage of a World War II bomber is hidden high in the Colorado wilderness.

A simple plaque on the facade is the only reminder that the treaty ending the American Revolution was signed inside.

Thousands of majestic trumpeter swans fill this park, sounding distinctly like a certain brass instrument.

A desert settlement founded and later abandoned by Hawaiian members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah's Skull Valley.

This exceptional home was a 32-year labor of love by a man determined to build his wife the most beautiful stone house in the world.

This abandoned orphanage-turned-asylum witnessed a terrible chapter in Québec's history.

A collection of fanzines, recordings, and documents detailing the rise and influence of the feminist punk movement.

The nearly 200-year-old building displays a perplexing grammatical error.

A unique tribute to the millions of animals who served and died for the British military.

An abandoned Cold War missile radar site.

The world's first purpose-built motor racetrack was destroyed by the outbreak of two world wars.

The first high-tech company in the valley that actually worked with silicon devices.

An abandoned airport in the middle of nowhere.

An archive of ceramic eggs painted to record clowns' personal makeup designs.

Five varieties of trees with custom-designed grates around the trunk are planted along the route of the Seattle Transit Tunnel.

Not the result of an accident, hurricane, or aliens, this is an eye-popping tribute to the Melbourne tram.

Mysterious chains and iron stakes adorn this strange grave, with no explanation.

The world’s largest underground marble quarry is hiding in Vermont.

Three floors above a 2,000-year-old royal tomb is a rare collection of ancient porcelain pillows.

A delightfully quirky blend of oddities spread throughout an old 1920s bank.