Places Edited by Jonathan Carey

Hamissi Mamba and Nadia Nijimbere opened this community-minded restaurant serving dishes from their native Burundi.

The second seat of Nye County, still mostly a ghost town, has become a magnet for those looking to live "away from it all."

This small memorial honors a ferocious feline and local hero.

A monument to the groundbreaking environmentalist sits near the place where she first experienced the sea.

This formerly abandoned amusement park includes a classic carousel and a replica of Mark Twain's famous hut-like Elmira study.

These animal carvings stand as representations of India and Britain.

This work of engineering is imbued with elegance and ingeniousness.

After 800 years, Europe's oldest elm tree has met its end.

An ode to this small town's big film history.

A massive rotating globe sits at the center of Babson Park.

Vermont's hills are alive with the sound of music at this historic hotel.

Evidence of a long-ago crush remains scratched into the glass at this historic Maryland House.

An iconic work of public art that lights up the downtown area.

Edinburgh’s version of the Sistine Chapel is this former church, with an interior covered in paintings done by one woman over the course of nearly a decade.

A piece of telecommunications history.

Every Saturday morning, this microbakery fills up with freshly baked pastries and sourdough breads.

Dedicated to one of the horses that helped cultivate the region.

The "Father of Arizona" tried to build a Zoroastrian fire temple on the hill where he's now buried.

Stone markers on the campus of Gallaudet University commemorate a peculiar school tradition.

A small museum dedicated to the history and design of German packaging.

Located near the U.S.-Mexico border, this park remembers the famous raid of General Francisco “Pancho” Villa and his soldiers.

Home to the abandoned Tioronda Hat Works Factory, this park is a combination of woodlands and marshlands.

This 19th-century performer's gravestone identifies her as "the smallest woman ever in this Kingdom."

This exhibit showcases the literary work of soldiers who suffered "shell shock" during World War I.