Places Edited by Kerry Wolfe

This 2,000-year-old tree inspired the nursery rhyme "Rock-a-bye Baby."

Most of Britain's gold reserve was secretly stashed here after the start of World War II.

A wall within the institution displays the names of 13,000 Jews who took refuge in the city during World War II.

A hidden three-foot-wide house separates these two regal churches.

At night, bats patrol this magnificent 18th-century space in search of book-eating pests.

Historians and hobbyists head to this former French outpost for the annual Feast of the Hunters' Moon.

It turns out that a hurricane-prone beach is probably not the best place to house wild animals.

Impressive artifacts from Juneau's gold mining days fill this mining site-turned-museum.

Come in, light some incense, and ignore the live snakes around you.

There's a labyrinth of medieval chambers hidden deep below a 15th-century pub.

This Canadian hunting lodge is a long way from home.

A registered historic landmark shrouded in unsettling local legends.

An unusual monument to a 19th-century circus star.

This picturesque lighthouse at the edge of the Irish Sea looks like a giant stone pencil.

Just a man taking his prehistoric pet for a stroll.

This sprawling bookstore spans four floors and has more than a million books in stock.

Thousands of artifacts tell Mongolia's military history, from the Bronze Age to the present.

This bright yellow bridge is a true engineering feat.

A crumbling mountain resort that looks like it was abandoned in an instant.

These former theme park figures have a new lease on life outside a water plant-turned-restaurant.

The cultural center preserves the history of the Tlingit tribe, who have lived in this Alaska village for more than 10,000 years.

This mesmerizingly colorful pond looks like a scene straight out of a fairytale.

Legend says this little-known stone circle is formed from people petrified as punishment for dancing on the Sabbath.

Yup, that's a 330-foot yacht passing over the highway.