Places Edited by Jonathan Carey

A botanically themed auditorium blooms within the world’s last operating double-decker theater.

Bali's remote "gateway to heaven" is one of the most sacred places on the island.

The unique design was created by the traditional way communal rice paddies were divided among the indigenous people.

A curious carving hides on a marble column in the Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba.

It is locally loved and ridiculed for literally looking like poop.

An exquisite grouping of structures made from 10 tons of invasive saplings.

Street artists transformed this abandoned industrial neighborhood into one of Europe's largest graffiti exhibitions.

A memorial to the first person killed by a motor vehicle in the Western Hemisphere.

This deconsecrated church has seen many uses, from a tobacco storehouse to a cinema.

Strange beasts lurking in a garden are all that remain of a quirky, short-lived theme park.

A futuristic hovertrain is parked unceremoniously alongside a nondescript road.

Once the largest rope factory in Greece, this abandoned plant now stands like a ghost of industry past.

It is said the legendary wizard once lived in this sea cave beneath Tintagel Castle.

Banksy's image of a naked man dangling from the window of a sex health clinic.

The tech giant built three enormous glass orbs in Seattle so employees could work inside a rainforest greenhouse.

This small glass cube is a peaceful out-of-the-way sanctuary at the busy airport.

This maze-like slot canyon is a unique gem within an already fascinating geological area.

Though much of the castle was robbed of its stones, the underlying earthworks are among the best-preserved in England.

With lush plants and flowers, huge trees, ponds, and hidden monuments, this place feels a bit like discovering Narnia.

The four tall pillars once marked the entrance of the historic Seattle church that fought for women's suffrage and civil rights.

The mastermind behind this palatial hotel perished on the Titanic weeks before its grand opening.

The final resting place of a famous 19th-century murder victim whose identity is still a mystery.

The oldest operational cathedral in the U.S. has one shell of a way of projecting speakers' voices.

An abandoned tower once used to study the cosmos hides within a thicket of greenery.