Places Edited by Kerry Wolfe

That bass was as bad a fish as any angler ever knew.

A former mental hospital founded in the 1930s by a eugenicist who advocated for the forced sterilization of patients.

The school tested mustard gas for the U.S. Army during World War I.

A mysterious spot where the laws of gravity seem not to apply.

A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.

Hang out with thousands of butterflies in one of the world's largest such enclosures.

These expertly crafted, scientifically accurate glass sea creatures were once an international phenomenon.

After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.

The "stairway to heaven" lookout tower was built to resist weather, arson, and the laws of physics.

Neon signs that grace the windows of Bergdorf Goodman's and Tiffany & Co. come from this studio in Brooklyn.

A brush maker used his factory to protect blind Jews from the Gestapo.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

The ruins of an ancient Zoroastrian Tower of Silence believed to be the earliest example of the traditional funerary practice.

The largest retailer of seashells in the world.

This Tibetan monastery has survived multiple attacks and is also a sky burial site.

The collection of 80+ pieces created between the years 1100 and 1500 is intended to be seen, heard, smelled, touched, and tasted.

A perilous medieval road leading right into the sea.

The celebrity luchadores of La Paz are tough ladies in traditional petticoats and braids.

Walk a trail through a historic Quaker town that outlawed slavery in 1777 and was a major waypoint on the Underground Railroad.

The Cambridge pub where Francis Crick announced that he and James Watson had discovered the DNA double-helix.

This tiny museum's sizable collection is jammed into a former underground public toilet.

A Himalayan monastery claims to have a piece of a centuries-old abominable snowman.

This poor little statue is the most vandalized memorial in Washington.

A tiny cafe that recreates the Japanese elementary school lunch experience.