Places Edited by Kerry Wolfe

For nearly a year, General Ulysses S. Grant was based here during the American Civil War.

Images of neighbors past and present guard the streets of this charming alpine village.

A tiny collection of traditional Japanese woodblock prints, open only when the owner feels like it.

When waves crash onto this section of beach, the rocks sing a song.

To truly appreciate Detroit's landmark skyscraper, you have to step inside.

Rifle through images of skyscrapers, Worlds Fairs, and more in the largest public postcard repository in America.

An off-the-beaten-path place to literally hang beneath Milwaukee's Holton Street Bridge.

A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.

What looks like a normal building is really a hollow facade hiding a subway vent.

A forgotten Cold War relic hidden in the outskirts of a Wisconsin city.

Lord Byron's embalmed body lies within this medieval church.

The spot where the two men ate together now stands enclosed in glass.

This is probably not the Target you're looking for.

The timeworn "Yankee Stadium" of the fastest game in the world isn't going anywhere.

An electrifying collection of gadgets and literature from the 16th through 20th centuries.

The first newspaper printed by an expeditionary force was published in this colonial mansion.

This 19th-century ranch is being transformed into a residential library with thousands of books about the natural world.

This old residential building was once the largest flour mill in the world.

A sandstone block marks the alleged spot where the legendary writer was conceived.

A sliver of 19th-century Germany sits on the shore of a Chilean lake.

To enter the lower hall of this temple, you must first walk through a dragon.

These unusual rooms on wheels are holdovers from the 1960s.

Inside this Icelandic greenhouse, geothermal energy keeps tomatoes warm and growing.

A massive hydrovolcanic explosion left a half-mile wide crater in Death Valley.