Places Edited by Jonathan Carey

More than a century old, this cast iron bridge on the Balmoral Estate leads to nowhere.

This incongruous small ferry across the Willamette River north of Salem, Oregon has been operating continuously since the 1850s.

A reconstituted ancestral village of the Huron-Wendat Nation.

A concrete mushroom that divided Stockholm residents for nearly a century.

Murder, searching for gold, and being cut in half—the memorial statue of Daniel O. McCarthy and the Pioneers of '49

The first museum in the U.S. to address human rights issues in China.

After public executions took place at this location, attendants would also attend a local horse race.

The ruins of a resort and casino sit on the banks of this blue hole spring that pumps 70,000 gallons of warm, clear water every minute.

A wondrous place to watch a special flower bloom.

In 1954, two enormous earthquakes occurred just minutes apart, resulting in prominent scarps that extend for miles along the range fronts.

A stunning medieval castle owned and restored by the famed actor Jeremy Irons.

Surrounded by a verdant garden and a backdrop of ivy, a monument to beloved poet Khalil Gibran stands outside of the Lebanese embassy.

This igneous rock monolith towers above the surrounding landscape just outside the Nigerian capital.

An isolated "phantom bridge" doomed to crumble into ruin.

The ruins of a castle sat decaying in this park for years before a massive renovation restored this area to its past beauty.

Once a highly polluted body of water has now been transformed into a gorgeous lagoon.

The steepest tramway in North America provides stunning views of the out-of-the-way Wallowa Mountains in northeastern Oregon.

Disused for decades, this freight railway bridge is finally being renovated into a scenic promenade.

An abandoned fish-shaped drive-in gets a second life as a restaurant.

The only surviving building of historic West Boylston, which was flooded to create the Wachusett Reservoir.

Historic barracks utilized during both the Revolutionary War and the Civil War.

This lovely Scottish nature walk leads to the source of a local legend.

Crusader ruin with views over South Lebanon.

A large boulder was declared a local landmark by a popular vlogger.