Places Edited by Kerry Wolfe

The painting on an aptly named street honors the 1980s slasher movie.

These gardens recreate unique and endangered Michigan habitats.

The ruins of an ancient mansion sits in front of and underneath a contemporary art gallery.

The beautiful non-repeating pattern honors the Oxford professor who discovered it.

This aluminum “stairway to heaven” has impaled at least a couple of birds.

It’s said this crypt was the setting for the tragic finale of the Shakespeare play.

It's easy to see why this eclectic architectural wonder has been dubbed the "Spaceship House."

The artwork immortalizes one of 20th-century Ireland's leading creatives.

Its tremendous toad is actually a five-story museum and viewing platform.

This ancient Egyptian obelisk still bears the wounds of World War I.

Get a privileged view over Mexico City's Historic Center from a terrace right in its heart.

This opulent Pueblo Deco movie palace melds Art Deco and Native American motifs.

This aromatherapy shop and mini-museum cofounded by the Sigur Rós frontman documents Icelandic history through scents.

This secluded ruin was once a home for exotic plants.

A magnificent menagerie of oddities, including taxidermy cryptids.

A unique sculpture garden nestled among farm fields.

A 19th-century mansion houses the largest collection of gin in the European Union.

This giant metal cross perched atop a mountain can only be reached by foot.

Tintin's creator is celebrated in an immersive museum that's an astounding work of modern art.

This hidden park hosts a rogue’s gallery of eccentric architectural obelisks.

This abandoned church in central Lyon is missing its front stairs.

This open-air heritage museum illuminates centuries of historic English life from a West Sussex village.

Enter this small nook and you'll be surrounded by 360 degrees of street art.

You can release a young butterfly at this beautiful indoor garden.