Places Edited by Jonathan Carey

An ode to the friendship between four Pacific Rim countries.

The "worst battleship ever built" is enjoying a grand second act, submerged 30 feet in the Gulf of Mexico.

Deceased nuns were placed on stone chairs to decompose, while the surviving nuns prayed near the lifeless bodies.

The tomb of the mythological founder of Padua is not hidden in some obscure crypt, but stands right in the middle of the city square.

A rare, flower-shaped example of Brutalist architecture in Switzerland.

An underwater statue of Christ blesses the coral reefs off Key Largo.

The ruins of Scottish sea salt production.

When the public was consulted about a new piece of street art, they naturally asked for an enormous metal dragon.

Decorative shell walls built in the 1940s sit atop an ancient midden created by the Calusa Native Americans.

Wading through a small lagoon reveals a secret, wild stretch of pristine beach.

Over 100 towers were built in Bologna during the Middle Ages, but only 22 survive.

See the rare bloom of the "Queen of the Night" cactus at one of the world's largest succulent collections.

A museum dedicated to an incredible woman who founded a pioneering school for rural Black students.

This historic hub for labor unions has survived the city's changing landscape.

England's largest white horse isn't even white.

A poignant memorial shows the widows and children left heartbroken by the worst fishing disaster in Scottish history.

A surreal pile of colorful junk fills a small yard in an otherwise gray neighborhood.

An ancient sanctuary that has long been a holy site for the Chaldean Christian Church.

The world's first hotel built in an abandoned water-filled quarry.

At high tide this strange footbridge appears to have no purpose whatsoever.

You'll never meet anyone this passionate about elephant droppings.

An abandoned 19th-century iron factory perched along the outskirts of an idyllic village.

This desert oddity hides in plain sight thanks to a cartographic error and a desert explorer with a punny sense of humor.

A breathtaking flower tunnel bursts with beautiful golden blossoms.