Places Edited by Kerry Wolfe

A mummified Spanish monk found in the walls of an Ecuadorian church, alongside a mummified mouse.

The neighborhood shop is a sort of tiny cactus museum full of exotic specimens you can take home.

Cherry blossom season comes early in this Japanese town where pink flowers line the streets and riverbanks.

An ancient underground cultic temple where sunlight penetrates on the summer solstice.

The hottest, driest, and most scenic desert on Earth.

Italy's third-largest Roman arena gives a peek into the underground operations beneath the ancient spectacles.

Manchester salvaged this sculpture of the adopted Mancunian when it was no longer wanted in Ukraine.

This mix of Islamic art, vintage vehicles, weaponry, architecture, and history is an ode to eclecticism. 

A tiny museum in Esperance, Australia, displays a bunch of space debris from NASA’s Skylab.

This former iron ore mine comes alive with fascinating stories of its history.

Gorgeous purple flowers drape from the world's largest blossoming plant.

The mysterious canine hides atop a drain pipe on the back of the building, some say as a sneaky shoutout to Yale.

A blend of art, antiquities, and Americana fill this museum, surrounded by whimsical, enchanting gardens.

The wartime boat shelter now doubles as an underground concert hall where musicians play on rafts along the waterway.

A haunting theme park is slowly being swallowed by the jungle.

Someone left a Boeing 737 in a field in southern Bali.

The eclectic observatory castle of a 19th-century astronomer and explorer.

Famous and forgotten figures lie beneath the faded headstones and decaying planks of wood.

The palace window through which Protestant nobles flung two Catholic regents, thus sparking the Thirty Years' War.

A thriving surf community exists in relative remoteness along the former boundary between North and South Korea.

The original vault that held the president's remains still stands, empty, not far from where he was finally buried.

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

Hop aboard a charming bog train to explore this rare open-air museum of peat.

Long-forgotten artifacts give incredible insight into New York's most glamorous hotel.