Places Edited by Kerry Wolfe

Ancient ruins hidden underneath a modern luxury hotel.

This early 20th-century former train station’s unusual roof shape earned it a rather witchy name.

This small museum is an eccentric shrine to boyhood in the 1960s.

This incredibly diverse research station is one of the largest tropical botanical gardens in the world.

This feline raises a friendly paw at drivers barreling toward the freeway.

The scene of the United Kingdom's most famous UFO incident, dubbed the "British Roswell."

It's believed King John of England stayed at this 13th-century castle before riding off to sign the Magna Carta.

This unusual rock formation looks like an apple that has been neatly sliced in half.

More than 150 snowmobiles fill this Michigan museum.

The sign announces the Scottish village's cosmic connections, as it's twinned with Glenelg, Mars.

This beautiful train graveyard is one of the largest collections of steam locomotives in the Mediterranean and Europe.

The preamble to the U.S. Constitution written entirely from vanity license plates hangs in the Smithsonian museum.

A cult archaeology conspiracy theory claims these West Virginia petroglyphs were written by Irish monks in Ogham.

The carved medieval stones stand near the ruined abbey's parking lot.

The residents of the Neighborhood of Make-Believe live without much fanfare within the Pittsburgh Children's Museum.

These medieval carvings bear scars left by Parliamentarian troops during the English Civil War.

The mall's looks were inspired by the cowboy extras who used to meet up—and cause real trouble—at this Hollywood hub.

Who knew the Devil's domain was a hot spot for tubing?

This ethereal, rainforest-like gorge is home to waterfalls, quaint bridges, and fairy folk.

This giant mural of Santa Muerte in downtown São Paulo reminds passersby of their own mortality.

The monument marks where Simón Bolívar and his Spanish adversary Pablo Morillo met to have a drink together.

These particularly resplendent rodents are the state animal of Maharashtra.

An abandoned 14th-century castle and prison complex on a small island in the Neva River.

The 10-foot-tall vegetables belong to Michigan’s first food rescue program.