Places Edited by Kerry Wolfe

This cheeky statue of a man defecating gold coins graces the facade of a medieval guildhall.

One of the world's heaviest musical instruments towers within a popular urban park.

This 1939 grave of a British soldier now receives legions of unlikely visitors.

The abandoned funicular tunnel was a secret base for the BBC during World War II.

This rare basilica nestled right in downtown Asheville is an architectural marvel, inside and out.

A cablecar-station-turned-revolving restaurant with 360-degree views of the Swiss skyline.

An ancient water supply dating back almost 500 years can still be found standing in East Sussex.

Pictures tacked onto trees remember the more than 40,000 of Stalin's victims buried here in mass graves.

This memorial to the victims of the Romanian Revolution of 1989 is often compared to a potato on a skewer.

The birthplace of Appalachia's only first lady, who some have dubbed the United States' "first female president."

This painted wooden sculpture depicts the characters of a popular Devon folk song.

A modern-day cabinet of curiosities housed in a 300-year-old inn.

Stelae-eyed stones greet visitors to a corner of Kirov Park.

This Georgian Gothic building was created to shelter and feed deer.

These brass bunnies honor the rabbits that dominated the no-man's-land around the Berlin Wall.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

This walkway is so narrow it needs its own light to stop pedestrian traffic jams.

The museum houses one of the world's largest collections of glass paperweights.

A giant red chair bolted to a rock on a remote mossy hillside in Iceland.

These charming mailboxes became social media stars after a typhoon failed to topple them.

A giant ball made from pieces of an old Jeep.

The house where the pulp fiction writer and Conan the Barbarian creator lived.

Rare documents, old instruments, and gruesome specimens showcase the history of military medicine.

The fine fabric handwoven at Biltmore Industries was once coveted around the world.