Places Edited by Jonathan Carey

The first keystone arch railroad bridges constructed in America.

This spectrum of a star was observed by one of the world's most accurate spectrographs. 

The world's largest collection of autographed baseballs can be found at the St. Petersburg Museum of History.

Down a pint of ale where the Bishop of Ely's servants slept in 1546.

Honoring combatants from Portsmouth who served in Cuba and the Philippines during the Spanish-American War.

Designed to not only to represent the history of the local community but also, the future.

A window into a long-lost world, these colorful tiles advertise a long-defunct range of purgative teas, harmless smokables, and diarrhea cures.

This chestnut box will not be opened until the country music legend's 100th birthday in 2046.

This shrine is dedicated to a symbol of the Maya people's struggle against inequality and injustice.

Metal horses galloping through a London fountain provide a link to the city's past.

A history of European missionaries in Malawi.

The only fully-realized skyscraper built by the famed American architect, Frank Lloyd Wright.

Some of the oldest exposed rock formations in the United States.

Although not officially the world's tallest bin, this giant trash receptacle was designed to stop littering.

A replica of an early 19th-century vessel that sailed across the world.

Dedicated to the man who created the first radio wave communication system.

An unusual slot canyon in the Aztec/Navajo Sandstone has a cross-section like an inverted old-fashioned keyhole.

The monastery survived the Communist revolution in Mongolia as a religious museum.

Loyal fans of one television's most famous painters still come to pay their respects.

The design of this ornately decorated place of worship closely mirrors a church in Vietnam.

According to the local legend, these boys and ducks were turned to stone by an angered water goblin.

Order cookies baked by cloistered nuns in a 400-year-old monastery.

A statue dedicated to the founders of communism.

One of the few Cold War-era bases with many of its original structures still standing.