Places Edited by Mark Casey

Humble beginnings for one of the world's most famous scientists.

Tower with a double-helix spiral, adorned with letters of the Georgian alphabet.

An isolated village literally built into the crevices and rock formations of a mountain.

This tiny Bulgarian town offers a stunning location in the mountains and a storied history.

An arresting arch punched straight through a mountain provides one of the most scenic spots, and challenging climbs, on the planet.

A shipwreck named Desire at the shore of Batumi.

A decidedly out of place statue memorializes the Blues Brothers characters at this water bottling plant.

An enormous artwork that colorfully celebrates over 150 years of US military achievements.

The once-dying town of Sheffield, Tasmania has reinvented itself as a village of painted wonders.

A mysterious stele of unknown origin sits on the peak of this curious mountain.

This quaint archive of the silent era preserves and pays homage to a seminal moment in film history.

Around 100 sculptures from artists all over the world decorate the hiking trails surrounding this locale.

From the sky, a kaleidoscope of color brightens the grey landscape of the San Francisco Bay.

Mennes invented the tags we all place annually upon our license plates, and his story is told frankly and in full upon his headstone.

The world's smallest movie theater runs on solar power—an attraction in itself.

A scenic fort on the harbor protected Philadelphia from an attack that never came.

A Spanish artist builds his own castle.

A breathtaking canyon offers stunning views and frightful pathways through an ecological paradise.

Twisted buildings adorn the banks of the Rhine river.

A solar-powered primary school inspires hope and experimentation in a country ripe for energy innovation.

A quirky house created entirely out of glass bottles combines a collector's spirit with an artist's flair.

Numerous sculptures set along hiking trails symbolize and idealize the relationship between man and nature.

These "50 Fortresses" have been unearthed in the ancient oasis of Khwarezm.

A fiery-red region of scooped out land still largely untouched by civilization, tourists or otherwise.