Places Edited by Jonathan Carey

Mexico's first public cable car soars over the congested streets outside Mexico City.

This 16-foot, intricately detailed model of the Gearing-class destroyer has been called the most detailed model ship ever built.

The first Russian Orthodox church in North America and an Alaskan landmark.

The top of society once luxuriated in this world-class hotel, which continues to impress, even in ruin.

No one knows who painted this mysterious mural in a Penn State basement.

An Anglo-Saxon cross inscribed with possibly the oldest written work of English literature.

Housed in a memorial lighthouse, this museum relays the history of surfing, beginning with the antics of royal Hawaiian teenagers.

The monument's pointy aluminum tip has been melted down by repeated lightning strikes.

This mummified mermaid corpse is an aquatic curio that was eventually revealed to be a fake.

In the hometown of the Grand Ole Opry star is a larger-than-life memorial statue made entirely from chicken wire.

A floating cat sanctuary on an Amsterdam canal.

Walk through Czech history in Prague's largest graveyard.

One of just a few cities in the world to base their center of government on an island. Others: Paris and Osaka.

The final resting place of the Seminole Indian chief who fought against government occupation in Florida.

The inventor of the iconic Pringles can was so proud of his invention he was buried in one.

Remnants of cells from the most notorious London prison may lie in the basement of a rare Victorian Gin Palace.

Seemingly unremarkable items like empty sushi trays, chef hats, and freshness stickers are being preserved so future generations can look back on this beloved cultural import.

High in the Rockies the third largest statue in the U.S. opens her welcoming arms, and lights up the night sky.

Hidden behind Lincoln's head is a chamber containing enamel plates documenting American history, sealed in a teakwood box in a titanium vault.

When Motown musicians came to Nashville in the 1960s they stayed at this historic record-pressing company because hotels wouldn't host them.

A statue commemorate Tommie Smith and John Carlos's brave protest at the 1968 Olympics, a watershed moment for civil rights.

Of the many chalices in the running for the Holy Grail, this one in Valencia Cathedral sure looks the part.

One of the world's tallest waterfalls wasn't revealed to the world at large until 2006.

The bust of Romania’s most notorious ruler, Vlad Dracula aka "Vlad the Impaler," keeps watch over the ruins of his medieval court.