Places Edited by Kerry Wolfe

Conflicting markers on its floor tell a tale of two city centers in San Antonio.

Crumbling pink walls and murder memorials preserve the pioneer history of Joshua Tree.

The surviving pieces of an ancient aqueduct that may have fed into the lost Hanging Gardens of Babylon.

An Art Nouveau gem hides beneath the layers of city grime obscuring this once-magnificent building.

Hundreds of stones dangle from barren trees in the middle of the desert.

A secret fresh water spring for animals and humans alike hidden along the most famous road in the United States.

A beautiful Arctic museum and nature center preserves the culture of the Sámi people.

Six times a day a train runs right through the middle of this Thai street market, sending vendors scrambling.

These colorful French islands spent a stint bootlegging booze during American Prohibition.

This strange, big-tailed beast became a Pennsylvania town's unofficial mascot.

Original cabaret handbills, posters, and feline artwork are a purrfect highlight of the Museum of Montmartre.

You would never come across this tiny green oasis if you didn't know it existed.

The remains of the oldest synagogue in Britain lay forgotten for seven centuries, hidden under a humble shop.

This colorful colonial neighborhood in Panjim is one of the only Latin Quarters in Asia.

A half-mile-long stretch of medieval forts built after a devastating pirate attack persists amid the modern port city.

The classic Atari game's iconic aliens have invaded downtown San Diego.

Ernest Hemingway was the first to sign this colorful wall covered in thousands of celebrity signatures.

The hellish conditions of this abandoned mine that snakes beneath the Pacific Ocean gave it its diabolic name.

Ruins battered by centuries of war and disaster offer a wondrous glimpse of medieval Ireland.

A stunning Catholic cathedral built by a curve-loving communist in Brazil’s newly created capital.

These beautiful historic watchtowers were used for both scanning the desert for enemy invaders and observing the celestial world.

Locals spent years successfully fighting to save this beloved Brutalist behemoth from demolition.

A copy of the famous statue can be found in this Florence piazza, along with one of the most breathtaking views of the city below.

This Greek cinema was architecturally inspired by Mussolini's vision of a fascist Mediterranean utopia.