Places Edited by Kerry Wolfe

The final resting place of the world's first nuclear reactor.

Nondescript elevator doors open to reveal a stunning, surreal world.

Rusting, graffiti-covered tanks litter the beach of this island, once used by the U.S. military for target practice.

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents sit, crumbling in a field in Virginia.

The first archaeological site discovered by aerial photography.

Read between the lines of the subway map to find the hidden abandoned Civil War fort.

A museum designed by and dedicated to P.T. Barnum in the town where he is buried.

Canada's largest graveyard boasts a lot of noteworthy artifacts as well as its own computerized mapping service.

The abandoned hospital whose elaborate ghost stories cover up the dirty truth - an uneventful sanitation issue and other mundane reasons for its demise.

Something about this Brazilian city is slightly askew... literally.

A sculptor's dream castle turned fantastical ruin.

This medieval church tower has maintained its clockworks since the 16th century.

A 250-year-old timepiece-automaton adorned with golden mechanical birds, which still sing to this day.

This former tuberculosis research hospital endeavored to cure the dreaded disease with fresh air and positive attitudes.

The world's first clock to use set theory as a measure of time required the invention of a new light bulb just to maintain its obtuse measurements.

This spa theme park lets its guests take a dip in pools of coffee, wine, or ramen broth.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

A former copper mine which became a truly unsuccessful prison.

The summer home of the largest colony of bats in the world.

The world's first permanently occupied mountain-top observatory continues to report on the stars.

If astronomy had a ghost, it would look like this observatory.

Nature is leading a successful mutiny on this century-old freighter.

Inspired by "The Starry Night" this Dutch bike path turns into a glowing work of art each night.

An elaborate Mayan city shrouded in alien conspiracy revealed the tomb of Pacal the Great.