Places Edited by Kerry Wolfe

A brass plaque dedicated to a convicted cannibal hangs in the National Press Club, and that's not even the craziest part of the story.

A volcanic tunnel illuminated by natural skylights offers a shaded respite from the desert sun.

Clusters of abandoned buildings hint at the facility's 144-year history with psychiatric health.

Every summer, an open-air swimming pool appears at the base of a Finnish city's beloved winter attraction.

A hidden art gallery in an abandoned Warsaw fort.

Foragers once flocked to this big beautiful bayou to hunt for pearls.

A domed disco abandoned since the '70s now attracts artists and explorers under its unique roof.

Once the world's largest reinforced concrete structure, this abandoned bridge now beckons urban explorers.

The oldest building in the District of Columbia was preserved because of a mistaken connection to George Washington.

An old church full of restored Catholic statues is a makeup artist's labor of love.

This small museum gives visitors a chance to soak up the history of the "sponge capital of the world."

Abandoned blockhouses from Nazi Germany's Atlantic Wall erode into the sea on a French beach.

This 700-year-old Cyprus castle is the birthplace of the world's oldest wine, said to be toasted by Richard the Lionheart at his wedding.

A former military outpost of Ivan the Terrible, the 16th-century church contains some of the rarest examples of Eastern Orthodox mural paintings.

The subterranean sanctuary home to local shamans is a sacred site for people of all religions.

A Tudor-style castle in Brazil holds one of the world's largest armory collections.

The world's fifth tallest waterfall is a spectacular silver chute of water that cuts through the cloud forest in northern Peru.

A lawn full of retired spacecraft on display at one of NASA's first research labs.

A tilted half-timbered house from 1672 is built into a salvaged segment of a medieval wall.

This ancient structure is widely thought to be the oldest intact pyramid in the world.

A small, emotionally charged room inside the Mario Testino Museum dedicated to Princess Diana and one famous photo shoot.

It was founded by Ralph Nader to educate the public about an often-maligned area of law.

Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.

A shining sculpture made of 3,115 lights, the number of visible stars in the Northern Hemisphere.