Places Edited by Jonathan Carey

This old mining town, deep in the California desert, has a year-round population of one.

A jaw-dropping brutalist space church seems to have crash-landed in the middle of America.

This protected reserve is home to a rare and beautiful species of flower.

Two nations form a rare four-sided border at the peak of a mountain, philosophical questions result.

This stunning concert hall has become a symbol of Iceland's national recovery.

Located in the thermoelectric factory that once powered the entire city, this Portuguese museum is shockingly fascinating.

This 16th-century monastery has been turned into a surrealist architecture compound.

The remains of a community that was forced to move for a dam that never materialized still rot in this Pennsylvania park.

This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.

This lakeside tower is the third attempt at getting a tourist destination to stick on the spot.

This Scottish manor house is a lush relic from the life of a literary great.

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

A Seattle oddities shop brimming with Victorian-era gems and antique curio.

What remains of the summer palace of King Kamehameha III.

This state park was once an important Native American cermonial center.

A storefront museum in Asbury Park honoring the Jersey Shore’s deep history of mystery—including the Jersey Devil.

This sprawling museum holds one man's giant collection of real tanks.

A railroad tunnel that, upon its completion, was considered one of the engineering marvels of the modern world.

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

These 17th-century mummies are no longer naturally preserved, but remain on display today.

The third version of this tall sailing ship sits, rusted and burnt, in Lake Ontario.

Surprisingly aquamarine waters fill deep lakes formed at the end of the last ice age.

This stone gatehouse was once the entrance to a historic mountain resort, and it had a cameo in a cheesy cult horror movie.

This futuristic German spa allows visitors to float in a pool of salt water while zoning out to underwater techno.