Places Edited by Kerry Wolfe

A cluster of headless, armless sculptures looms within a popular Polish park.

A small but hugely whimsical theater where marionettes play out the "The Battle of Stalingrad."

A World War II gun battery sits at the easternmost point of North America.

One of these two land speed record-breaking vehicles went so fast it shattered the sound barrier.

A little Lego easter egg is hidden underwater in the Boston Tea Party tableau at Miniland.

Explore the evolution of printing technology, from cuneiform to Kindle.

The highest lighthouse in Scotland shines from an abandoned island.

Modern commuters still pass through this 2,000-year-old Roman archway.

There once was a man named Lear / Who found limericks so dear / His final resting space / Is an unusual place / Most people don’t know he’s here.

A grotesque Fiji merman dwells within this traditional Dutch-style building.

A hunk of prehistoric lava rests amid the Gothic architecture of a campus quad.

No one is sure why this mysterious tradition started.

A tiny traditional village keeps an ancient method of beekeeping alive.

The burial grounds of a secret society includes fences topped with fake Tesla balls.

The ruins of a grand theater destroyed during the most powerful seismic catastrophe ever recorded.

After being lost for decades, this striking mural depicting the atomic bomb covers the wall of a busy Tokyo metro station.

After the parade, students throw their beads on the tree hoping for good luck on exams.

A three-tiered waterfall plummets from a mountain cave with amazing views over the countryside.

Stone slabs along the coast warn of Japan's tsunami-ravaged past, often marking the highest point of a wave's reach.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

One of the few surviving Panama Canal steam shovels stands outside a tiny Colorado mining museum.

This luscious masterpiece created by landscape designer Bevis Bawa inspired the work of his brother, a famous Sri Lankan architect.

This colonial tavern played host to George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and other famous early Americans.

A quirky bookstore hidden beneath a sea of whitewashed Greek villas.