Places Edited by Kerry Wolfe

A backdoor to Machu Picchu that only the most foolhardy infiltrator would attempt to breach.

Why walk on this historical site when you can zoom down instead?

A whimsical menagerie of devils, krampuses, satyrs, and other horned creatures.

A park filled with vibrant mosaics created by more than 300 folk artists.

A once-thriving hotel in the Swiss Alps couldn't compete with climate change.

The saga of the massive nut begins and ends in Texas.

A geothermal energy project gone wrong is fracturing the city's picturesque architecture.

Perhaps the tiniest sculpture in Saint Petersburg is a little bronze finch inspired by a song.

The world's oldest optical museum is an odd collection where the exhibits look at you.

During the summer, surfers in Alaska take advantage of this inlet’s unusual water patterns.

The remains of a bustling turn-of-the-century park built to showcase the wonders of electricity.

A towering monument in Spain has proven to be more labor-intensive than initially planned.

A unique exhibit lets blind people experience famous works of art and architecture with their hands.

A park built around the legend of a clam-loving giant who created a monumental midden.

A collection of human remains, animal body parts, and other macabre curiosities all legally for sale.

Part of a WWII submarine is lurking outside the Washington Navy Yard parking lot.

Ornate, dome-topped cenotaphs fill this royal crematorium.

An exotic jungle hideaway run entirely by indigenous Kichwa women.

This stockpile of junked electronic and mechanical gadgets is a favorite among Hollywood prop masters.

The preserved home of the first settler of "the most German town in Brazil."

The Swiss hilltop housed an early 20th-century vegetarian nudist colony.

The tower claims to be the world's only pagoda made entirely from Myanmar's lucrative gemstone.

An abandoned Ecuadorian prison that once held ex-presidents and notorious con artists is now a carceral museum.

This giant disembodied horse head seems to balance impossibly on its nose.