Places Edited by Mark Casey

The subtle interplay of fire and water is hard to ignore at this remote Jamaican spring.

Norway's oldest cathedral still in use.

A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

This public pool is one of the last remaining lidos of the countless built in the 1930's as public works projects in the United Kingdom.

What might be the largest completely Jewish town in the world outside of Israel now faces dwindling numbers and empty streets.

This beautifully deceptive waterfall is something far different from what it appears to be.

The old Niles Canyon Aqueduct in the San Francisco Bay Area is a bemusing and secret trail through nature for wayward travelers.

Okinawan dining in a twenty foot tall, man-made tree house overlooking Naha Harbor.

Bring your hiking shoes, wool socks, and thermal underwear for a stay in these cozy forest huts.

A labor of love built by local hang-gliding enthusiasts, this ideal launch spot was outlawed by the authorities and has since been largely abandoned.

The man who first patented the Ouija board rests in peace beneath a headstone that playfully reflects that achievement.

A monument marks the location of the first successful steamboat demonstration.

Spring that emits water and fire at the same time is said to have remedial properties, and sparked its own religion.

Where Stoddart and Connolly suffered in the infamous Bug Pit.

Touching displays of wishes for peace from the Cold War era.

An 18-meter-long sarcophagus of a constantly growing dead prophet.

The National Railway Museum in York is the largest railway museum in the world, attracting almost 1 million visitors per year.

An impressive home made of stone, carved more than a century ago.

The second-longest continuous wall on the planet protects a hidden secret in the deserts of India.

Eyam took steps to quarantine themselves and keep the plague from spreading.

Tibetan-influenced mountain fortress in Northern Pakistan.

Beatlemania is still going strong... at least in Kazakhstan.

A modern tower, symbolizing the legend of a golden egg on top of the tree of life.

Glacial lake that mysteriously empties itself every year.