Places Edited by Jonathan Carey

A prized globe signed by Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh sits in the Brooklyn office of the American Geographical Society.

This alley in downtown Chicago held the bodies of over 600 people after the fateful Iroquois Theatre fire.

The world's oldest operational public pier railway has shuttled seagoing commuters from ship to shore since 1909.

This unusually circular centenarian barn became a Route 66 icon.

The enchanting archway is the only surviving portal into Dublin’s lost medieval wall.

It's hard to believe the dizzying patterns covering this abandoned mine are completely natural.

An oddities shop packed with twisted treasures inspired by Oscar Wilde and Edgar Allan Poe.

Twice a day a speeding train passes only inches from the homes of this residential neighborhood.

An unsanctioned shrine that sprung up outside the late singer's home is causing a stir in London's Highgate neighborhood.

The wartime prison now features haunting sculpted reenactments of the atrocities that took place there.

Thanks to a spelling mistake this bizarre beaver-tiger hybrid became the symbol of a Siberian town.

It took 82 years and four different plaques to finally get the story right.

This unique sanctuary invites you to interact with the beautiful birds.

The 40-year-old machine serves soda quicker than you can catch it for a mere 75 cents a pop.

This hidden Sufi cemetery is a spiritual monument for India's third gender community.

Located at the former Lorton Prison the Lucy Burns Museum tells the story of the 91 year history of the prison including the dark chapter of its involvement in the women's suffrage movement.

A medieval military street hidden beneath a charming French fishing village.

A pretty park of over 1,600 olive trees that grew from just three saplings brought over from Spain.

A rare example of World War I trenches from the British front.

This British museum hopes to take the taboo out of poo.

Large, airy hallways hide within an impenetrable fortress that beckons urban explorers.

This sprawling farm was once a Cold War-era hideaway for the nation's top diplomats.

What looks like missing grout is actually an old pub's peephole.

This elaborate estate contains a stunning marble aviary, a sunken conservatory, and a magnificent music room with a two-story pipe organ.