Places Edited by Kerry Wolfe

A scenic canyon with thick forests and historic ruins.

There are plenty of wonderful panoramic vistas in Edinburgh, but not many are hidden smack in the middle of the Old Town.

A line of abandoned, alien-like fortresses dot the mountains of North Italy.

This daunting 1st century fortress was purportedly the site of one of the most dramatic revolts of the Jewish-Roman wars.

Everything you always wanted to know about borates is here.

The tunnel under the Capitol Building where Congress takes out its trash.

The peaceful space is adorned by paintings by the famed abstract artist Mark Rothko.

A rare pod of derelict midcentury Futuro and Venturo houses lines a semi-abandoned beachfront resort outside Taipei.

Bison, America's national mammal, are staging a slow comeback in Ohio's prairie parkland.

Thousands of letters to Santa get delivered to this mailbox in Greenland.

Is this the most Portland place ever?

The site of the one of the most deadly train wrecks in American history.

Mesoamerican monoliths and zoomorphic stones covered in royal visages, ancient mythology, and grand celestial events.

An Industrial Revolution-era public work that purified water using nothing but sand.

Where the writer penned his famous story about a jumping frog.

Enigmatic bug-like sculptures mystify drivers along a Swedish highway.

This tiny, hurricane-resistant house in Galveston is one of the city's most notable architectural oddities.

What started as a tongue-in-cheek shrine is now a full-blown museum celebrating "The Hoff" and his longtime love affair with Berlin.

Maryland's first (and last standing) toll house on America's first federal road established the state as the "Gateway to the West."

One of the most controversial statues in Romania is an emperor with no clothes.

A wunderkammer of mysterious objects and stories.

An Oxford museum where visitors can have tea with the Mad Hatter and climb through the wardrobe to a fantasy land.

An early Portuguese serial killer's head is alarmingly well preserved in a jar at the University of Lisbon.

The oldest operating cemetery in Denver is the eternal home of some of the Centennial State's most famous residents.