Places Edited by Kerry Wolfe

"Mock all and sundry things, but leave the saints alone."

A decaying concrete oil tanker served as a disposal location for bootleg hootch.

The 40-foot-tall votive candle is the largest of its kind.

Menacing or in memoriam, the Silent People and their meaning are left to interpretation.

A mysterious and terrifying public art goblin seemingly meant to inspire local legend.

One of Ireland's most infamous prisons for rebels including men, women and children.

The remains of a chapel created for convenience.

A retired military stronghold on the rolling green coast of Donegal.

Long before guestbooks and hotels, frontier travelers signed their names on this rock face.

A 1914 beaux arts auditorium that sat shuttered for 20 years, restored and reopened in 2026

A fine mixture of the old and the new topped with an art deco neon spire.

Over 2,000 ancient temples dot the Myanmar landscape at the site of this famed archaeological site.

You thought Santa Claus didn't exist, but it turns out you were wrong.

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.

Tens of thousands of rocks make up what is thought to be a giant star calendar.

A century-old tradition has culminated in a small but singular collection of feline effigies.

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

The remains of 40,000 humans, meticulously stacked in a tiny churchyard shed.

A former gold rush boomtown has managed to stay in business for over 100 ramshackle years.

Built to repay the sins of the father, this church is home to one of the most valuable works of Western art.

A war-torn Olympic relic is being overtaken by graffiti and nature.

An immersive art experience built by local arts collaborative, Factory Obscura, in the building formerly known as The Womb, a psychedelic arts center founded by the frontman of the Flaming Lips.

This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.

A fortified city, home to a remaining population of five families