Places Edited by Kerry Wolfe

A museum dedicated to an incredible woman who founded a pioneering school for rural Black students.

A secret passageway from World War II is now a quirky pedestrian shortcut.

German and American troops joined forces to defend this fortress during the strangest battle of World War II.

England's largest white horse isn't even white.

These medieval monastery ruins are surprisingly overlooked by most tourists.

This rare female version of the Muffler Man has its clothes removed each summer to signal the start of pool season.

A poignant memorial shows the widows and children left heartbroken by the worst fishing disaster in Scottish history.

The bulletproof cross stands at the only operational Christian cemetery in Pakistan's most populated city.

Two pillars set 10 paces apart commemorate the "last notable American duel."

This small monument marks the divide between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans at the southernmost tip of Africa.

CERN's beautiful, bending sculpture is a tribute to the spread of knowledge.

This Bronze Age boat was found buried remarkably intact in an English gravel pit.

A surreal pile of colorful junk fills a small yard in an otherwise gray neighborhood.

The only surviving piece of a submarine said to be the most decorated vessel in U.S. history.

An ancient sanctuary that has long been a holy site for the Chaldean Christian Church.

This tiny island is home to the world's largest colony of Northern gannets.

Summer in the "Turtle Racing Capital of the World" means rousing weekly reptile races.

Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.

An old spiral fire escape dangles above a public courtyard in Midtown Oklahoma City.

A small museum in the Bay of Pigs gives the Cuban perspective on the famously failed U.S. invasion.

The world's first hotel built in an abandoned water-filled quarry.

At high tide this strange footbridge appears to have no purpose whatsoever.

An enclosed rotunda at the Henry Art Gallery in which viewers can look up and see the uninterrupted sky.

Explore the quarry where the marble was sourced for Michaelangelo's David.