Places Edited by Kerry Wolfe

A burnt orange monolithic dome structure perched on a hillside near Interstate 280.

Legend says that this short Canadian tunnel still holds the dying screams of a girl who burned alive.

The inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft's horror stories and Batman's Arkham Asylum is now a condominium complex.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

An island filled with hundreds of hanging, decomposing, decapitated dolls.

A stoic rock cairn is all that remains to remember one of the more brutal instances of frontier treachery in American history.

Anyone wanting to know what a dwarven mine sounds like need only visit the tunnels of this New Zealand artillery compound.

What was once the largest mine in North America has left behind a hollow hill filled with bright blue waters.

This Tennessee manse was built so opulent that the very utilities doomed it to fail.

The world's only museum devoted to the wonders of fluorescence.

An art world insider finds himself battling for his artistic home.

The world's longest outdoor escalator takes visitors to the top of China's largest dam and is also shaped like a dragon.

This abandoned asylum was once a state of the art facility before devolving into one of the most deadly mental institutions in American history.

Nestled on the banks of a river in Nuremberg is a small museum that was once home of the city's official executioner.

Thirteen sculptures in central Moscow graphically depicting vices of the modern world.

This modern monument to pagan belief looks like it was transported straight from ancient times.

The final remnant of the Arkansas zinc industry is this historically protected ghost town.

This stunning gothic ruin was a casualty of the Indiana steel industry crash.

The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.

This 'Murder House' grand mansion has starred in everything from Bones to Buffy.

This rare polygonal meeting house is rumored to be built in a circle so that the devil has nowhere to hide.

The ruins of this Brazilian island prison still bear the scars of the bloody rebellion that closed it down.

This seemingly charming home memorializes and honors the victims of a century-old unsolved murder.

The proud hometown of an American legend has honored their favorite son with what seems to be a gravestone.