Places Edited by Kerry Wolfe

Chevron maintains one “Standard” brand station per state so it doesn’t lose the trademark.

"The Donut" was built as part of an expensive, ill-fated engineering endeavor.

People escaping slavery may have hidden inside a corpse vault.

A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.

A logging-themed roadside restaurant surrounded by museum-quality machinery and artifacts from the industry's heyday.

A sobering scientific reminder of the human damage caused by the advent of the nuclear age.

A remarkable lava formation encloses a line of Buddhist statues that can't be accurately counted, according to local mythology.

A detached cement mixer has been transformed to resemble a relic from some obscure NASA mission to Oklahoma.

One of New Zealand’s few castles boasts beautiful gardens, grand architecture, and a history filled with family drama.

A majestic mansion designed in Mughalai style, complete with a turquoise onion dome.

An ode to the classic piece of British street furniture.

The great American road trip, but smaller.

A tribute to the furry local heroes who helped get residents through many tough times.

The only working large-scale tea plantation in the United States.

This amateur-built East African church with mismatched towers is an architectural abnormality.

A hub of information on tropical diseases and their treatments.

The ruins of the "20-year town" lay out among the mountains of Alberta.

The absurd creation is a compulsory destination for selfies in Buffalo.

One of the shortest streets in York has an especially odd name.

This rare basalt crater lake is used to study the Moon and Mars.

A sweet tribute to Georgia's official state vegetable, which even has its own mascot: "Yumion."

An unusual assortment of art, furniture, and other curiosities.

The site of the first "historically true" UFO encounter in the U.S.

Nose around a unique collection of more than 300 natural aromas used to craft fragrances.