Places Edited by Jonathan Carey

This ancient causeway can flood daily, leaving Mersea Island as a true island for hours at a time, and cutting its 7,000 residents off from the mainland.

A mysterious burial crypt that was rediscovered inside a cathedral in Velha Goa.

The best collection of Mudéjar building replicas gathered in a theme park in Olmedo.

Stay in an old lookout cabin atop Oregon's spectacular Winter Ridge.

A mini-Stonehenge in the corner of the North Carolina state capitol grounds.

Depending on how it is measured, this lighthouse can claim to be the tallest in Europe and the tallest conventional lighthouse in the world.

This miraculous well is said to heal the sick, grant wishes, and tell the future.

Beneath an ancient wishing tree lies an underground chapel with 12th-century frescoes and catacombs dedicated to a lady saint.

Since 1768, the pillar at Guildhall Market in Bath has been a hub of economic transactions.

Built in France in the 1400s, this gothic chapel now resides at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

If you dare visit this fort, fire-breathing hyenas might devour your camels.

A small hippo-shaped fountain in Berlin, Germany.

This sculpture in Valencia features 22,000 tiny, obsidian blue figures that pay homage to the Lady of Elche.

A museum dedicated to Norwegian music, old and new alike.

A collection of windows created by two of the foremost leaders in the British Arts and Crafts Movement.

An abandoned early 20th-century gold mine in a spectacular setting overlooking Bridgeport Valley and the Sierra Nevada.

This open-air sculpture museum is located under a bridge in the center of Madrid.

One of London’s rare Tudor-era buildings is a fate-defying gatehouse for a church.

The final resting place of a prominent Black American farming family sits in the shadows of an IKEA store.

A striking piece of street art in Southport depicting a much-loved racehorse.

One of three remaining theatres in the United States created in the Art Deco Mayan Revival style.

There's more to this drinking establishment than meets the eye.

A centuries-old house, once part of the wall of Granada, sports musket barrels from the battlements which allude to its original owner.

A museum dedicated to the centuries-old cave dwellings that housed marginalized communities on the outskirts of the former capital of Muslim Spain.