Places Edited by Kerry Wolfe

A lavish 16th-century mansion filled with spectacular staircases, fantastic frescoes, and gorgeous gardens.

A small museum packed with specimens from important fossil sites and minerals from historical pegmatite quarries.

Surrounded by a smudge of dark earth, this isolated volcano sits in stark contrast to the surrounding Sahara.

The remnants of the base where US Army troops learned how to fight in extreme conditions.

Located in the mountains of Nicaragua, one man has spent most of life beautifying a massive cliff by hand.

The ruins of this medieval tower are destined to crumble into the sea.

The scars of World War II are preserved on its walls.

Flames have been burning within this mountain for more than 2,500 years.

A museum dedicated exclusively to the lore and history of ouija boards.

A 100-plus-year-old mill transformed into a hotel and restaurant.

This 19th-century Hamptons windmill was once home to modernist painter Agnes Pelton.

This popular cave pool is truly magical, despite the crowds.

A hidden plaque is the only reminder of the lost palace where two storied English kings were born.

A humble ancient well where Scottish knight, Sir William Wallace, took his final drink.

An effigy of Vancouver's Gastown neighorhood's namesake.

England's most famous front door has an accidental doppelganger.

A medieval cave used to shelter local hermits now holds nearly 200 old Quaker gravestones.

This Roman relic was discovered in Scotland by a mudlarking ferryman.

The first all glass and steel residence in the United States.

The largest salt lake in the Sahara is mysteriously alluring.

Learn local history while picking up groceries at this museum tucked inside a supermarket.

Plaques on its facade commemorate the Tiber's most destructive deluges.

American artist J. Alden Weir purchased this 60-acre estate for $10 and a painting.

A statue of Vladimir Illyich Lenin guards this abandoned building in the "Forbidden City."