Places Edited by Jonathan Carey

This small park features a monumental fountain wall, providing a great photo opportunity in the middle of Houston.

This park is home to a massive bird sanctuary. And maybe buried treasure!

This lonely minaret with an unusual decorative symbol is all that remains of a historic Ottoman mosque.

Swim alongside softshell turtles in these turquoise waters within the Cuatrociénegas Biosphere Reserve.

An abandoned train station still stands as a testament to the region's industrial and transport history.

Home to the last shore-based whaling station in Australia.

An imposing mausoleum that houses the remains of the former Argentinian president.

In between two buildings in Ljubljana, medieval tunnel to nowhere.

How did an Australian statue of the Bard of Avon end up in the Hungarian capital?

Underneath this water pump, Annie Sullivan helped Keller speak her first words.

The first crematorium in the Netherlands.

A historical puzzle lies at the origins of this structure.

The oldest county library in the United States.

This Ottoman-era Greek Orthodox Church was built to honor Agia Pareskevi, a Christian saint.

One of the best examples of the modernist movement in Madrid.

This historic castle is one of the oldest and most impressive in all of Japan.

A farming family's tribute to the pack animal.

A place for local artists to showcase their works.

Once the overnight home of Mary Queen of Scots.

A unique sculpture designed to outline humanity's reliance on oil.

This emblematic representation is said to bring the students good fortune.

The last refinements in the North Carolina-South Carolina boundary were marked with this stone.

This public work of art pays tribute to an early Aboriginal Australian constellation pattern.

The helicopter that "Tricky Dick" absconded from the White House in on his last day in office.