Places Edited by Kerry Wolfe

This modern medieval weapon of war was built to toss pumpkins.

An abandoned faux-pub made famous by a Guinness commercial.

Rotterdammers' dirty minds gave this Santa a dirty nickname and cursed it to a life of wandering.

A benevolent, 16-foot-tall river dragon lives on a suburban lawn.

A secret Virgin Mary tucked away on a Brazilian beach.

Francis Julius LeMoyne built this crematory in 1876; he was the third person to be cremated here.

The massive, original Colgate Clock is mounted on a defunct factory building that was once a prison.

Religious perseverance and cultural coexistence manifest in an architectural gem that multiple wars couldn't topple.

There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!

This 1920s Amsterdam neighborhood was built as a giant experiment in concrete construction.

A magnificent, iconic stone tower in the Scottish Highlands.

Some wattle-and-daub, a Moorish mural, a glacial erratic, and a Giant named Gilbert.

James Turrell's total color immersion art installation, hidden on the top floor of a luxury handbag shop.

A four-hour holy-rolling, Hallelujah-shouting, Southern gospel service, rendered as a country market where "All Is Welcome, Jews, and Gentiles."

The late, disgraced President's embalmed remains displayed for all to see… theoretically.

This metal eagle one of the final remnants of a newspaper that wanted to keep Brooklyn to Brooklyn.

This museum remembers the tough Mormon trek across America through an intriguing array of artifacts.

A giant pair of thick black glasses mark the tragic demise of a trio of rock and roll legends.

The world's most charming instant portrait studio also happens to be its smallest.

This dark, damp, perilous tunnel is the only passage from north to south Tajikistan.

An exercise in patience and imagination, where Mother Earth turned common stuff into precious hidden treasures.

These mysterious petroglyphs in Vermont reflect a troubled history in the treatment of Native American culture.

This museum chronicles the history of a leprosy quarantine hospital that then became a refuge.

This abandoned asylum in Wales might look haunted, but it's still beautiful.