Places Edited by Jonathan Carey

On the grounds of a former estate in Burgundy stands an elaborate temple that is modeled after the first Tibetan Buddhist monastery.

Once the largest attraction in Rhode Island, this former amusement park is now a gorgeous coastal state park.

The oldest extant wooden jail in South Dakota and possibly the United States. 

The European equivalent of the Hollywood Walk of Fame is slowly spreading over the entire city.

This wilderness hike to a waterfall has an unlikely beginning in suburban Reno.

Tracing a path of more than four miles around a frozen lake, this is the longest skate trail in the United States.

A 150-square-foot masterpiece of American landscape art is the crown jewel of this library and art gallery in Vermont.

For a buck, students can snag freshly picked apples grown in the university orchards.

The final resting place of an esteemed bear hunter and formerly enslaved man who led Theodore Roosevelt on a hunting trip that inspired the creation of the teddy bear.

Hundreds of Roman amphorae are stored in an ususpecting underground parking lot.

A solemn memorial in a majestic setting that honors a 1692 tragedy.

A monument dedicated to a local softball team full of clowns.

Visitors to this temple are greeted by a massive collection of wooden dolls said to bring good fortune.

One of only a handful of seaside temples in Korea, this sacred space is home to a legendary healing Buddha statue and a traffic safety prayer pagoda.

Hundreds of years ago, this lion-shaped door knocker could help a person accused of a crime find temporary safe haven in Durham Cathedral.

With a crest near 10,000 feet, this treeless fault-block mountain in eastern Oregon provides stunning views and spectacular glacial landforms.

This outdoor museum harkens back to the height of the gold rush.

A tribute to one man's encounter with a frightening cryptid.

Though it was originally dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva, Baphuon was converted to a Buddhist temple in the 15th century, complete with a massive hidden statue.

These 400 million-year-old caves feature honeycomb limestone formations.

Tourists who rely on a transit map to find the iconic Beatles location often end up in a far-off neighborhood.

Sculptures depicting Scottish and English soldiers in battle honor a 16th-century conflict.

The painter who popularized "bulls" and "bears" as symbols for the stock market didn't get a proper headstone for over a century.

Plans for this peninsula included houses, the United Nations Headquarters, and a nuclear power plant. When none of them worked out, it became an expansive park.