Places Edited by Jonathan Carey

This toxic spoil heap found a second life as a ski slope, popular film location, and wildlife haven.

This once lawless patch of land was home to an infamous and deadly land feud.

Spirits from these lakes are said to produce the local weather and odd phenomena as they bicker between themselves.

This stone is a marker of one millionaire's personal vendetta against gravity.

Hidden in one of New York's oldest subway stations is the final remnant of the site of the bizarre Shakespeare Riots.

A long-disputed island that Denmark and Canada claim by periodically alternating flags and bottles of liquor.

True to its name, this bouncy walkway may be the world’s smallest suspension bridge.

A precariously balanced rock perches on the edge of a cliff created tens of thousands of years ago by glacial erosion.

One man's swirling six-acre monument of stone.

The alpine falls where Sherlock Holmes apparently met his demise can actually be visited.

This giant Christ statue was a failed attempt by Indonesia to dissuade East Timor from demanding independence.

A 19th-century fortress and collection of artifacts offer a tour of Saudi history.

America's "second most important bell" is a contentious spoil of the Civil War.

A glorious pub known for a spiteful printing feud and its famous typeface lost—then found—at the bottom of the Thames.

The boulder on which Alexander Hamilton laid his head after a deadly duel can still be visited on the New Jersey coast.

An errant donkey ushered in a new era of mining in Nevada.

A 20-foot-tall egg painted in a traditional Czech patterns by the Czech community in Wilson, Kansas.

A mysterious spirit totem at the edge of Navajo lands.

Now in disrepair, this 19th century station was a stop on of the famed B&O Railroad.

Willy Wonka would love this weird half-a-home.

Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.

Where the "World Pinball Champion” is crowned.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

Mining caused an asbestos emergency in this small town.