Places Edited by Jonathan Carey

Defying all odds, this lonely little tree found a home on a log sticking out of a Canadian lake.

Derelict airplane bodies serve as both home and income for three Thai families.

Mysterious library of an infamous financier and spiritual seeker.

An easy to overlook storefront hides some of the most authentic and regionally diverse Chinese food in New York.

The last operating synagogue in Afghanistan is run by Zablon Simintov, the last remaining Jew in Afghanistan.

A park full of outsider art, created by college students studying outsider art.

Four bald cypress trees in Lafayette Square, across from the White House, mark the southern edge of a 100,000 year old cypress swamp.

The strange behavior of a tween led to allegations of witchcraft and a curse being placed on anybody within earshot.

The seat of Buffalo government is a gorgeous Art Deco palace.

This library and museum is dedicated to the life and literature of the Indianapolis native author.

Vietnam's feral abandoned water park offers access to a post-apocalyptic funscape, now with fewer crocodiles.

All that remains of a magnate's dream home is a historic gate and an abandoned public pool.

Thanks to both terrific preservation and historic vandalism this ancient site is known as the "Heart of Neolithic Orkney."

For hundreds of years, participants in this Japanese festival have been making babies cry to ward off demons.

Inside the world's largest seed bank, WWII botanists elected to starve to death rather than compromise their collection.

New York's oldest concrete structure is being preserved thanks to the gentrification of Whole Foods.

Housing the National Women's Party since 1929, this historic house is now a monument to the fight for gender equality.

The future of roadside attractions is this sci-fi soda mecca that is home to a 66-foot tall neon pop bottle.

Could this grave be the true resting place of legendary gunfighter "Doc" Holliday? Unclear.

Where once there was a train station bathroom, there is now this German burger joint.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

A stone plaque and a winking pub name are all that remain to remember the victims of deadly 1836 avalanche.

What was once a bustling mining installation is now a bustling hub of contemporary art.

In the heart of Brigham Young's promised land sits a festering plot of industrial ruin that has been claimed by society's outcasts.