Places Edited by Kerry Wolfe

On a barren hillside in the Yucca Valley, the recently restored Desert Christ Park has attracted pilgrims and kitsch hunters for over 50 years.

Don't be fooled by this fake medieval facade even if it is almost 300 years old.

California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.

A theme park attraction designed to turn your children into LARPers.

While not recognized by Guinness, this chocolate waterfall is likely to be the world's largest.

An ancient Chinese temple where even the emperor dressed like a farmer in the name of the harvest.

A bisected journey through evolution's history in the heart of Beijing.

Even drowned in an ocean of toxic waste, the remnants of this Romanian village stand tall.

This 80-year old mannequin is so lifelike it is believed to be an embalmed corpse.

This massive fiberglass Gulliver turns every visitor into a Lilliputian.

A decommissioned submarine base makes a great space for graffiti art.

A former Oz-themed attraction that has fallen into disrepair, but still holds some of the original magic.

Found art has transformed this Pittsburgh neighborhood into a psychedelic dream.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

The creek where a shark wreaked terror upon New Jersey, and served as the inspiration for "Jaws."

It seems that the residents of of this megalopolis suddenly vanished, but they were never actually there.

Alien rock formations grown from the sands of an Australian national park.

The world's smallest commercial theater is set up in what was once a urinal for Victorian men.

Home to some of the oldest hominid fossils ever found.

Science fiction's grandfather has a fittingly marvelous tomb.

A grove of colossal man-made flowers built to collect the sun's rays.

Italian cave with exceptional acoustics and an unsavory history.

A wonderful collection of all things Oz is nestled in the heart of Kansas.

This once luxurious Catskills resort is now a haunting ruin.