Places Edited by Jonathan Carey

A commemoration of the first Dutchman to reach Japan, whose name still echoes in the heart of Tokyo.

This rock was donated to the museum by an inspired young visitor.

Little remains of the once flourishing Asbestos' asbestos mine.

This reconstructed Norman castle is the world's most accurate, from location to livestock.

This settlement on the original Transcontinental Railroad began by harvesting timber, but transitioned to a forgotten 19th-century industry: harvesting ice.

This ancient holy well is older than much of the city that surrounds it.

The longest covered bridge in Delaware.

A fire lookout atop a glacial pinnacle is reached by climbing three vertiginous flights of stairs.

Every October, one of the largest migration of mammals in the world thunders through Boma National Park.

An out-of-the-way state park in Oregon that features both a picturesque waterfall and the ruins of a hydropower plant.

A re-purposed wooden sculpture, depicting one of Scotland's most beloved writer's amphibious creations.

A small museum dedicated to the ongoing archaeological works around what is likely Scotland's oldest railway.

A giant glider—designed by the father of the Rubik's Cube's designer—now soars within a shopping mall.

Honorable ranks graduating from the prestigious Army War College work hard to maintain their high standards of honor and erase those who don't.

One of the best-preserved Native American mounds remaining in the southern United States.

A sculpture commemorating the "world's best mouser" in what is likely Scotland's longest-running distillery

An unsettling sculpture of a boy hanging out in a street in Ghent has been baffling visitors for years.

One of Belgrade's most beloved animals.

These courts are the only ones of their kind in the world, made for a unique ball game that dates back to the 1700s.

This public bathroom takes the form of a 19th-century lighthouse that once stood on the spot.

The longest skywalk in Taiwan.

One of the tallest mill chimneys in Lancashire gave up its ornate cast iron "crown" during World War II to assist the war effort.

This spooky road cut through a mound of ancient coral might be haunted by a witch.

A public art piece that barely gets recognized, but then that might be the point.