Places Edited by Kerry Wolfe

While this is positively the smallest library in Canada, it aspires to be the smallest in the world.

Once considered the height of medical modernity, this structure is now the oldest remaining component of Roosevelt Hospital.

One of the world's largest collections of pharmaceutical artifacts.

The former Naval shipyard is open for exploring - mostly.

A five-story homage to tea times past.

A perfectly circular stronghold constructed in the 10th century is now a nucleus of Viking culture housing a museum, village, and reenactment of an epic Viking battle.

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

One of the longest water bridges in the world was built over a supposedly haunted swamp in Louisiana.

Holy Hindu shrine in an enormous, monkey-filled limestone cavern.

The final resting place of American icon Buffalo Bill, and a museum that aids in telling his tale.

Preserved Inca city and site of the last Inca stronghold against the Spanish conquistadors.

This cavernous swimming spot doubles as a home to the largest known colony of bats in Central Asia.

A living art gallery painted on a canvas of Monterey pine trees.

Tour the world's largest deep-hole dimension granite quarry, where you can view the plant where gravestones are made and roll a ball down the outdoor granite bowling alley.

America's greatest forgotten garden and the former stomping grounds of Son of Sam.

The world's tallest slum.

Small monoliths of several varieties of stone sit alongside a wooded path in the Bronx.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

A sulfuric hellscape in southern Italy.

A WWI fighter plane and turn-of-the-century penny candy shop are among the unexpected features of this Financial District building.

A working metal shop and venue for outrageous art and music shows in a former cannonball factory.

Couple's personal collection of pinball machines turned public pinball museum.

A place of great reverence for Trekkies everywhere, a hero's future birthplace.

This outpost of America's most popular fast-food restaurant is housed inside a palatial mansion.