Places Edited by Jonathan Carey

Clusters of abandoned buildings hint at the facility's 144-year history with psychiatric health.

Hundreds of mummies in a silent room, some with eerily pained expressions preserved on their faces.

A domed disco abandoned since the '70s now attracts artists and explorers under its unique roof.

An old church full of restored Catholic statues is a makeup artist's labor of love.

The oldest building in the District of Columbia was preserved because of a mistaken connection to George Washington.

This small museum gives visitors a chance to soak up the history of the "sponge capital of the world."

One of the world's largest pianos is displayed in the workshop of the man who built it as a teenager.

A lawn full of retired spacecraft on display at one of NASA's first research labs.

This ancient structure is widely thought to be the oldest intact pyramid in the world.

This Victorian graveyard in Leeds is a macabre collection of beautiful tombs and memorials.

A small, emotionally charged room inside the Mario Testino Museum dedicated to Princess Diana and one famous photo shoot.

Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.

A giant concrete Brutalist water tower in suburban Johannesburg.

Visiting dignitaries and Hollywood stars once stayed at this 1920s hotel, alongside ghosts that are said to haunt its corridors.

A public urinal so pretty, it was declared a national monument.

Over 100 million years ago, beach-bound dinosaurs left permanent marks on San Antonio's landscape.

The home of pigs, snakes, chameleons, and the alleged largest bunny in the United States.

The remains of a 37,000-year-old prehistoric society were discovered in this mammoth cave, one of the largest in Asia.

The now-overgrown beach resort was once frequented by Yugoslav military elite.

This unlikely memorial honors the Canadian and Portuguese laborers who felled trees for the Allies in World War I.

The complex has been abandoned since the Croatian War of Independence, barring a stint as a set for 'Game of Thrones.'

Tel Aviv's popular neighborhood went though endless waves of transformation.

All aboard the world's longest miniature railway.

Three abandoned missile silos are hiding in plain sight behind a suburban development in Maryland.