Places Edited by Kerry Wolfe

The sculpture is made of more than 100,000 knives collected to raise awareness about violence.

The now-abandoned Fascist summer colony served a dark purpose during World War II.

The collection of signage remembers the midcentury pushback against the new neon light.

Great Britain's only hat-making museum.

Locals dubbed it the "Owl Building" because of its bird-like appearance.

One of the few places in Portugal where the Celtic ritual of wearing large wooden masks is still practiced.

Hundreds of glow-in-the-dark objects light up a museum in a historic zinc mine.

A small museum of antique transport that's a must-see for bicycle lovers.

The falls were named for the mistaken idea that they were the ones pictured on the Canadian $5 bill.

Where school buses go to die and be reborn as whimsical works of art.

A spooky spot along the road where things mysteriously seem to move uphill by themselves.

Visitors dating back to the 1600s carved their marks in the stones of the iconic tower.

Ireland's only German military cemetery holds the remains of a spy who was moved there under the cover of darkness.

The medieval network of canals hidden underneath the city is opened to explorers each year.

Perhaps the most scandalous statue of America's first president.

The oldest surviving mosque in the UAE has mysterious origins and unusual architecture.

The small sanctuaries lie just off the beaten path near one of Bhutan's most famous attractions.

Under a church hides a forgotten 13th-century ossuary containing the remains of around 2,500 people.

Nuclear waste experts study this prehistoric crater lake to envision landscapes one million years in the future.

Part of the medieval watchtower is displayed in an otherwise ordinary parking garage.

Thousands of Mexican Free-Tailed Bats soar around an abandoned storm drain at sunset each summer.

Elaborate patterns adorn the city's disappearing traditional architecture.

The oddly shaped, steam-spewing building is now an art studio and gallery.

Thousands of acres of beautiful wild landscape in the Great Basin.