Places Edited by Jonathan Carey

An abandoned network of military bunkers and tunnels open for anyone willing to descend into the darkness.

The beloved dining spot stands at the cross-section of Hollywood and the Old West.

A set of 27 bamboo tubes creates an eerie soundscape that changes with the wind.

The wooden airship was the largest flying boat ever built.

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

The unusual lighthouse looms over waves of prairies with no sea in sight.

A clumsy-looking flying locomotive rusts within sight of a busy rail station.

A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still going strong.

A meandering boardwalk across the bogland leads to a "stairway to heaven" with sublime views.

Fiji mermaids, mummified remains, and recreated cryptids are among the morbid oddities at this Maryland museum.

Belfast's namesake river still winds below the city center, hidden from sight.

Hidden in a hotel parking lot is a strange historical plaque erected by an obscure fraternal society.

Reproductions of nine banned oil paintings coyly hidden behind a curtain in a New Mexico conference room.

A plaque immortalizes the spot where the early American spy said his famous last words: "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."

A beautiful art space and unusual mini-hotel hidden in the city center of Dnipro.

The abandoned train depot now doubles as a well-placed rest stop for those who take the road less traveled.

This strange example of the Egyptian Revival architecture trend now holds Mardi Gras floats.

A historic trade hub teeming with gorgeous architecture, colorful goods, and vibrant designs.

The severed head of a 17th-century Irish martyr lies within an intricate golden shrine.

A mummified Spanish monk found in the walls of an Ecuadorian church, alongside a mummified mouse.

The neighborhood shop is a sort of tiny cactus museum full of exotic specimens you can take home.

A rare tour of a commercial jet assembly plant, held inside one of the largest buildings in the world.

Beautiful waterfalls grace a canyon visibly torn by a violent tornado.

A beautiful collection of taxidermy birds and rare pomological wax models.