Places Edited by Kerry Wolfe

Kentucky's anomalous peninsula projecting into the Mississippi River, site of legendary earthquakes and local feuds.

Tucked away in the Leiden city hall are a group of works by famed artist MC Escher.

This mouldering abandoned mental hospital was once a center for progressive healing.

This Colorado hiking trail provides a small gold mine of abandoned gold mines.

The beautiful 1920 Pantages Theatre remains hidden just underneath the LA Downtown Jewelry Exchange.

The world's first commercial spaceport is a disappointment of cosmic proportions.

When a conglomerate of visionary startups commandeer a disused Greek Orthodox Church, zaniness ensues.

A small square plaque marks a failed assassination attempt that could have changed history.

Now a hotel, this former bank was the site of a robbery that spawned a psychological phenomenon.

This historic graveyard monument is dedicated to a tragic victim of witch trial hysteria.

This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.

An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.

Junkbots and mud babies are the masterpieces in this fantastically sci-fi art museum.

This is not only one of the oldest collections in Europe, but also possibly the most beautiful.

A former zoo turned public park, where visitors can hang out in the old animal cages.

"Only the dead get off at Kymlinge."

The country's oldest continually-operated mini golf course lies hidden in plain sight, eclipsed by one of D.C.'s most popular tourist attractions.

A pair of giant roadside arrows are all that remains of a former Route 66 trading post.

This awesome Spanish castle is so fantastical it was actually used on Game of Thrones.

This small red school was where Germany signed their surrender during WWII.

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.

The cruel trial of a 13-year-old boy inspired the creation of this now abandoned reformatory.

Perhaps the world's only gas station inspired by a political scandal.

The second tallest railway trestle bridge in America.