Places Edited by Kerry Wolfe

A library and shop devoted to the body, mortality, and bringing to light forgotten or neglected histories

A psychological self-portrait in the form of a giant, segmented head.

A bronze statue dating back as far as 1252, still has remnants of gold on its right cheek from ancient gilding.

This mountaintop lake bubbles and steams in a perpetual boil, thanks to its direct link to the Earth's interior.

Nikola Tesla's ashes are held in a golden sphere, surrounded by his works.

Historic home of America's sweetheart sharpshooter, Annie Oakley.

An eatery for UFO seekers on the Extraterrestrial Highway.

Most prolific publishing house in the 1600s open to the public.

In a long-dry lake bed, these groups of massive stone pillars bear a striking resemblance to clumps of everyone's favorite fungi.

The world's largest rotating world.

This tiny Bulgarian town offers a stunning location in the mountains and a storied history.

Half of a waterfall goes into the river while the other half seems to disappear.

One of the last few places in Manhattan that employed a pneumatic systemic keeps it on display.

A beautiful maze marks where three countries meet.

The "World's Largest Underground Business Complex," a 55,000,000-square-foot city underneath Missouri.

Nursery with extensive collection of flesh-eating plants operated by the author of "The Savage Garden."

These "anatomical machines" are only one of the many strange items in this Italian crypt.

A mysterious monument meant to be a guide into "an Age of Reason" was destroyed after an apparent bombing.

This peculiar lake of pitch is so thick and viscous that one can walk on its surface.

From the sky, a kaleidoscope of color brightens the grey landscape of the San Francisco Bay.

The sign at the garden gate reads: “These Plants Can Kill.”

The first "Hall of Fame" in America was designed by legendary Gilded Age architect Stanford White for what was then the NYU uptown campus.

Mennes invented the tags we all place annually upon our license plates, and his story is told frankly and in full upon his headstone.

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.