Places Edited by Kerry Wolfe

The shallow, salty inlet was a safe haven for 19th-century pirates.

The unusual lighthouse looms over waves of prairies with no sea in sight.

A lumberjack in Finnish Lapland did not want to cut down his Arctic pines, so he offered them up to be adopted by nature-lovers.

A clumsy-looking flying locomotive rusts within sight of a busy rail station.

Scores of wax baby figurines add an unusual mood to this beautiful church on the Greek coast.

A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still going strong.

The medieval-looking hammer beam teak roof may be a Victorian vanity, but it's still absolutely magnificent.

The quirky salon doubles as a retro museum run by the world's leading "hairstorian."

A hill carving of the legendary dragon that terrorized the village of Bures in the Middle Ages.

A typographic tribute to the many comedic greats who make Great Britain laugh.

A meandering boardwalk across the bogland leads to a "stairway to heaven" with sublime views.

The site where Michigan launched its first rocket into space lies abandoned in the dense woods along Lake Superior.

Some say this medieval church is where the poet Dante married his wife and also met the love of his life.

It's clear this abandoned Art Deco gem was no ordinary cleaners.

Enormous, fluffy dogs frolic around this museum dedicated to a legendary Saint Bernard.

A colorful public mural in San Antonio's West Side encourages students to stay in school.

A replica of a 7th-century church hides in plain sight in the middle of the concrete jungle.

Belfast's namesake river still winds below the city center, hidden from sight.

The darkest building on Earth was built for the snow-white scenery of the 2018 Winter Olympics.

A shrine honoring a legendary ghost bride lies within this vibrant temple.

Hidden in a hotel parking lot is a strange historical plaque erected by an obscure fraternal society.

Wedged between two sets of row houses is an awkwardly located family graveyard.

Reproductions of nine banned oil paintings coyly hidden behind a curtain in a New Mexico conference room.

Tucked away along a riverbend in an area known for its uranium mines is one of the world's tallest locks.