Places Edited by Jonathan Carey

A turquoise lake within a volcanic crater.

A collection of comics, graphic novels, animation and caricatures devoted to exploring this often overlooked art form.

A beautiful, dense forest in the shadow of Mount Fuji, with a tragic reputation.

Left untouched since a double murder-suicide in the 1960s, Los Feliz murder mansion remains a neighborhood mystery.

An abandoned dollhouse factory.

An ever-growing collection of rare and strange objects owned by local Arkansas illusionist Maxwell Blade.

A miniatures park with a model of Wolf's Lair as it looked during World War II.

A museum in the former home of Marxist revolutionary Leon Trotsky.

This stone tower marks a lookout point over the historic Washington Crossing, and maybe some buried treasure.

A small monument in Lithuania marks the geographic center of Europe—or at least one of the claimants.

This former lieutenant governor's home is brimming with curiosities.

A focal point of the Cuban government, this city square features one of the most iconic images in the country.

A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.

This historic hotel on Bathhouse Row in Hot Springs National Park has a storied history of gangsters and baseball greats.

A cave on the Maryland border where civilians took refuge during the bloodiest battle of the Civil War.

During the solar phenomenon "Lahaina Noon" this bendy, curvy sculpture forms a perfectly circular shadow on the ground.

This former theme park in New York's Adirondack Mountains fell into ruin before being resurrected as a state-run campground

The final resting place of a 19th-century gold prospector and convicted cannibal.

The world's tallest shot tower—maybe.

A favorite with sightseers and locals alike, this Norwegian funicular provides easy access to a stunning view of Bergen and its environs.

A memorial to the thousands of political dissidents imprisoned during the 40-year period of martial law in Taiwan.

This massive crater in the middle of nowhere was used to train astronauts for moon landings.

A peculiarly shaped brass sculpture hidden in a courtyard in central Lviv

Boise State's stadium was the first non-green football field in the world.