Places Edited by Jonathan Carey

A century-old shot ball factory tower is open to the public once a year.

The tallest The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple in the world soars above the Beltway.

This striking public art installation is suspended above a public park, designed to gently move in the breeze.

A Kansas grassroots sculptor decorates the local roadways with his sculptures made from found objects.

A 19th-century Gothic, castle-like statehouse by the Mississippi River.

The Icelandic Sea Monster Museum explores the area's history of aquatic cryptid sightings.

An isolated dive site teeming with cnidarians.

One of the world's few mounted blue whales, its jaws are hinged open allowing visitors to descend into a lounge.

A flooded Mexican cave that hides a river beneath the water.

A sculpture of 18 beautiful clay mandalas on display at Warm Mineral Springs in Florida sends a message of world peace.

Off-limits and full of venomous pit vipers, Brazil’s Snake Island has a frighteningly apt nickname.

An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.

This 14th century castle withstood years of battle but is now sliding off the hills into the Danube.

A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.

Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

Nature took her revenge on the "Wickedest City in the World."

This recycled wax museum may be the only one that features John Travolta in a Bible scene.

Thanks to the building of a life-giving reservoir, part of the Great Wall of China is now a dive site.

An underwater city for the dead.

The ruins of an Estonian prison are drowning in the quarry lake where the convicts were once forced to work.

This collection of historical artifacts and tropical wildlife waits just beneath the surface of the water.

For divers and music lovers, the Florida Keys' Underwater Music Festival provides the best of both worlds.

A unique columnar residence built in the 19th century.

A delightful park featuring homemade scale replicas of dinosaurs, tucked away in the Tennessee mountains.