Places Edited by Jonathan Carey

Shaped like a big top tent, this memorial honors the victims of a terrible train wreck.

The world's shortest escalator doesn't seem to have any reason to exist other than to hold a world record.

This frequently-photographed waterfall takes only a short hike to visit.

These blingy, baubled skeletons lie in glass boxes inside a baroque Bavarian church.

Crawling into this primordial cave may feel disconcertingly familiar.

This Cambodian riverbed is covered in ancient Hindu carvings both above and below the waters.

A renegade art installation in a small Vancouver park is now officially sanctioned by the City Parks Department.

Nestled in the jungles of Vanuatu are the remains of what was once a cannibal oven.

This grand Pakistani mausoleum can only be accessed via an almost 1,000 foot long alleyway.

The world's most delightful not-NOT-religion welcomes visitors to the town of Templin, just like its more stoic peers.

One man has installed bathtubs into the Utah desert floor to harness the powers of a natural hot spring.

This Australian beach is composed of tiny shells.

This magnificent museum claims to house the cranium of a disciple and the skull of a pope.

This century-old roadside attraction is full of bizarre rock formations.

This Parisian fountain is a little bit fantasy and a little bit nightclub.

This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.

The skeleton of a whale that beached itself in this Irish town is now on display in their public park.

Striking ruins of a mansion that stood center stage in one of modern Brazil's most puzzling crimes.

A winged-helmed, sword-brandishing tribute to German Americans.

This famed marionette theater and museum is bursting with imaginative string puppets.

This South Carolina water tower is an icon of the city of Walterboro, but it also once served as the county jail.

The so-called "world's shortest river" is actually a window into a cave.

This homeless brass fox tugs at your heartstrings from the foot of a Stockholm bridge.

A graceful natural rock formation stands astride the point where the Gulf of California meets the Pacific Ocean.