Places Edited by Kerry Wolfe

Founded in 1880, this humble brewery still practices a disappearing technique of sake-making.

The world's longest tunnel with an undersea section.

This fairytale-looking castle is a wonderful example of Greek neo-Gothic architecture

This stone incorrectly marks the 35th parallel, causing some territorial kerfuffles.

Sleep beneath the big screen at this old-school movie theater.

Water-themed sculptures guard this unusually square structure.

Sited in an Inner Mongolian desert are the remnants of an important trade stop along the Silk Road.

A humble air museum located in an original World War II aircraft factory.

Its most grisly object is a jar full of severed fingers allegedly cut off by prisoners to avoid work.

One of the richest places in the United States has a cursed street.

This pedestrian walkway cuts through a cemetery and over several burial vaults.

This massive memorial commemorates those who died in the Manchester Arena bombing.

The ruins stand as a somber reminder of France’s worst civil catastrophe of the 20th century.

The history of this futuristic crypt-turned-temple is as curious as its facade.

A shiny sculpture celebrating the mighty mollusk.

The isolated final resting place for perished coal miners.

This statue celebrating everyday life in Dublin has a few unsavory nicknames.

A 16th-century castle unexpectedly nestled within a post-war housing development.

The four-story mural is the centerpiece of a lavish hotel's lush atrium.

Lyon's "Wall of the Silk Weavers" is one of the largest murals in Europe.

A colorful sculpture of an Australian symbol patrols an otherwise ordinary traffic island.

The rare American Civil War-era weapon was never fired in anger.

More than 450 years ago, an Italian nun became the first woman to paint the iconic subject.

A Mexico City subway station boasts a hidden museum, complete with a working radio booth.