Places Edited by Jonathan Carey

Monument to a brutal, ineffectual US bombing campaign and a sobering reminder of the human cost of the Vietnam War.

Formerly known as the Malay Quarter, Bo Kaap is a colorfully-painted suburb located in the “Mother City” of South Africa.

More than 8,000 drinking jugs say “Cheers!” to a guy named Toby.

Plaque remembering the 18th century forced relocation of Acadians.

An extravagant western hotel where every floor is the "ground floor."

The Bloemen Route, or “Flower Route”, stretches 25 miles through prime Dutch tulip country as a result of “tulip mania,” the world’s first economic bubble.

Despite its name, this route in southern Utah offers a heavenly day trip.

One of Bristol's best-hidden gems has ties to Lord Byron, whence it became the nation's first reformatory school for girls.

These Roman ruins in England’s Lake District are 2,000 years old, but look pretty good for their age.

Long the exclusive domain of birds and vagabonds, this little-known Central Park peninsula is open to the public once more.

This stunning mass of ice spans 121 square miles and is still growing.

Possibly the oldest masonry dam in all of Europe.

An Argentinian businessman facing terminal cancer built this whimsical medieval village using salvaged materials.

The world’s largest digital waste dump has become a site where organized criminals hack into confidential government data.

Beneath a Virginia City bar is the entrance to an abandoned gold mine.

A charmingly eccentric magma chaser presents his complete history of the island's eruptions since 1947, in cinematic form, just for you.

A real plaque marks the spot where a Faulknerian character committed fictional suicide.

Near the mouth of the Yodo River, this museum offers visitors six floors of hands-on learning about Osaka's raw sewage.

This historic bridge has weathered fires and floods and still stands, now abandoned, where it has stood since 1874.

Seven golden statues rise into the sky from sculptor Victor Victori's New Jersey front lawn.

A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.

The tallest freestanding structure in the United Kingdom.

At least seven hues of blue and turquoise make this freshwater lagoon unique.

The ceiling of Prohodna Cave in northern Bulgaria affords a peek at the sky via two deity-sized-eye-shaped holes.