Places Edited by Jonathan Carey

A mysterious structure left behind on the Polish mountainside, sometimes called "Hitler's Stonehenge".

Where the sleeping monsters of Scotland's oil industry are left to rust.

Where the father of Persian poetry is laid to rest.

This Colombo wetland is an unlikely wildlife haven just outside the capital city.

An unassuming, powerful monument north of the U.S. Capitol bears witness to the resilience of Japanese Americans during a time of grave injustice.

The odd depiction of the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus is rooted in the Catholic Church's eradication of Catharism.

Machinery left over from California's once thriving mercury industry now attracts artists and explorers.

A glass and sculpture wonderland forms an oasis in a remote part of Kenya.

South Dakota's oldest operating brewery is housed inside a historic firehouse.

On the Irish coast, 18 members of the Howard family are eternally resting in an Egyptian pyramid.

Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.

A peaceful international sculpture garden in upstate New York.

This plaque tells the story of an event that took place in an imagined parallel universe.

In 1396, two Scottish clans that had been violently feuding for centuries finally faced off in a bloody battle in this park.

A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.

Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.

The haunting ruins of a military fortress turned astronomical observatory sit on a Sarajevo mountaintop.

When you're a great Russian Tsar, even your vomit gets a statue.

A plaque marks the spot on the bridge where one of the first elephants in the U.S., Little Bet, was gunned down.

Petrified footprints of one of the very first vertebrates to walk on land.

This ghost town was once a cult-like religious utopian settlement.

The only parking meter in the entire town, it is surrounded by 100 free spaces.

The statue of the famous elephant who was the original source of the word "jumbo".

A little bit Wonkatania, a little bit pink elephant.