Places Edited by Jonathan Carey

Inside this library, the history of Los Angeles is retold through a mural.

A tribute to local poet and music journalist Adrian Rawlins.

A timber transport car and a team of horses were needed to carry this lookout to the top of Mount Tarrengower in the 1920s.

The final resting place of a young stagecoach robber who refused mercy.

This rest area is also home to a remarkable petroglyph site.

The house where a Danish physicist discovered the connection between electricity and magnetism.

The “Coin Cabinet of Dresden” houses a collection of over 300,000 numismatic artifacts, one of the largest of its kind in Europe.

This small piece of Michigan is entirely surrounded by Ohio.

A journey along this trail means indulging in a slice of nostalgia.

For centuries, Jeddah’s old town was a major trading port and a point of entry for Hajj pilgrims traveling by sea.

Depending on the region's rainfall, this church may be partially submerged.

Home to the organ played at General MacArthur's funeral.

This nondescript tunnel has been featured in a number of iconic movies, from “Roger Rabbit” to “Back to the Future.”

This device was crucial to the Industrial Revolution development of Leeds.

According to legend, this rock represents a young girl trapped by an evil ocean spirit.

Some of the best pastries in "the Czech heritage capital of Texas" come from a gas station off I-35.

The first woman in America to receive a medical degree.

One of the few remaining Rosenwald Schools left in Virginia.

A touching tribute to a local hero who made sure his neighborhood stayed clean.

In an area known in Bratislava’s postal history, this sculpture sits equipped with a functional postbox.

A natural wonder with mythological ties to the local Ainu tradition.

A unique reminder of the once-bustling cattle market during the 19th-century.

This lonely rock along a gravel road outside of the southern Swedish village of Eksjö reminds us of a dark chapter in Swedish post-war history.

On the upper deck of this church-owned parking garage stand eight pillars topped with different Catholic saints.