Places Edited by Jonathan Carey

A half-mile long and three stories high, this bridge over the Des Moines River Valley mimics a descent into a mine shaft.

The first American home of the isolated, egalitarian religion has a trove of Shaker architecture and artifacts.

Rising out of miles of farmland, these buttes are sometimes called the world's smallest mountain range.

The remains of a century-old mansion that met a fiery demise years after it was deserted.

One of the most photographed buildings in a city known for its Modernista architecture is an abandoned squat.

The site of a mysterious pony massacre is rich with extraterrestrial conspiracy theories.

A plaque outside the San Jose airport commemorates the insect's arrival to the West Coast.

This little-known hero has been protecting "The Fens" for close to 400 years, and now from its most powerful challenger yet: climate change.

The bridges portrayed on EU currency aren't fictional anymore.

The famous artist couple lived and worked here, in two different houses connected by a bridge.

After his presidency, George Washington planned to live only a few blocks from the Capitol building.

A mud brick kasbah with a history of lavishness and traitorship.

There was a top secret plan during World War II to seal a group of soldiers inside the rock.

The many—66 to be exact—faces of the German forest.

The modest childhood home where the baseball legend and Yankees star learned to hit from both sides of the plate.

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

This Transylvanian church has changed its denomination four times.

An ingenious Dutch land art project uses grass ridges to cut airport noise pollution in half.

The abandoned remnants of a little sanctuary for world peace that fell into disrepair.

The walls of Germany's Parliament still show the scars of the Red Army takeover in World War II.

A curious little museum dedicated to the furry feline in the cat haven that is Old Town Kotor.

The massive, incredibly rare instrument is over 11 feet tall with a range so deep it goes lower than humans can hear.

These ornate manhole covers were used for a now-forgotten purpose.

A scenic canyon with thick forests and historic ruins.