Places Edited by Kerry Wolfe

It is locally loved and ridiculed for literally looking like poop.

A fairytale island floats in the middle of Italy's little-known Lake Orta.

The final resting place of the famous Rhode Island lighthouse keeper who heroically saved dozens of people from drowning.

Shimmering sea-colored mosaics and Jesus statues cover this opulent building.

This unique museum doesn't shy away from highlighting Qatar's role in the history of slavery.

An exquisite grouping of structures made from 10 tons of invasive saplings.

Two well-hidden huts let animal lovers spend the night among the bears, wolves, and other predators of the forest.

Street artists transformed this abandoned industrial neighborhood into one of Europe's largest graffiti exhibitions.

The whimsical steel spider lurking in the shadows of this suspension bridge shows that engineers can have a sense of humor.

Some 20,000 dust-covered unwanted vehicles languish in the desert.

This picturesque medieval monastery guards a small trove of historic treasures.

An army of sleeping knights sculpted by a self-taught local artist beautifully depict an old Czech legend.

The ornate miniature mansions were built for Istanbul's feathered residents.

A former top secret military tunnel is now stuffed with snow and open year-round to skiers.

A dictator's failed public works project has been reborn as two linked trails through spectacular scenery.

A tiny island is connected to the mainland by a private railway that residents travel in their own personal wagons.

Antique cinematography artifacts fill this museum dedicated to the inventors of the moving picture.

Strange beasts lurking in a garden are all that remain of a quirky, short-lived theme park.

The 400-year-old remains of the samurai invasion of Korea.

An abandoned fishing village in pre-oil Qatar.

Once the largest rope factory in Greece, this abandoned plant now stands like a ghost of industry past.

It is said the legendary wizard once lived in this sea cave beneath Tintagel Castle.

Banksy's image of a naked man dangling from the window of a sex health clinic.

The vibrant buildings in the “capital of the comic strip” celebrate the art form that made it famous.