Places Edited by Jonathan Carey

His body was found mysteriously preserved in a Swedish mine over 40 years after his initial disappearance.

This 14th century tower house was once the home of Irish poet W.B. Yeats.

The English town of Mansfield likely got its name from this enigmatic breast-shaped mound rising abruptly from the earth.

A real-life Professor Snape once taught in this Welsh university building, which students of course nicknamed “Hogwarts.”

A 30-foot stack of piano keys memorializes one of the greatest keys players in jazz history.

A World War II-era submarine is stuck in the mud in New Jersey.

The main gates have been locked since 1745 and will remain so until the Stuart Dynasty returns to the throne.

The flower-shaped temple in Virginia aims to transcend the boundaries of the world’s religions.

A tiny, remote island packed with wonders both natural and geeky.

The wreckage of an old coastal trading vessel is only visible at low tide.

At the supposed instruction of Ben Franklin and Socrates, a Spiritualist believer intended to birth a mechanical messiah here.

The fountain marks the area where hundreds of accused witches were burned at the stake.

The crypts are so large they're basically their own underground church.

This Asheville chair museum wants to revive a dying art.

A tiny red pebble marks what may be the quietest outdoor spot in the United States.

Whether his story is true or not, Stiffy Green is the most beloved bulldog in all of Indiana.

"Enter and be entertained or annoyed by Dada in Walla Walla."

The construction of a tram line unveiled hidden remnants of the old medieval city.

A technicolor place of worship for Elevationists.

The world's first military tank was designed in this English city amid the stalemate of WWI trench warfare.

A tiny plaque marks the location of the water source that facilitated the birth of modern-day Boston.

This beautiful Miami garden was designed as a laboratory for tropical plants.

A legal loophole makes it possible to get away with murder within this 50-square-mile section of Yellowstone.

One of the world's largest automobile junkyards is a unique landscape of metal and moss.