Places Edited by Kerry Wolfe

A forest full of mystical fantasy figures, nearly destroyed by recent fires.

Geothermal waterfalls in Tuscany.

A small Portuguese cottage formed between boulders in the countryside.

Medieval village and microminiature museum.

An enchanting monastery in the Spanish countryside appears lifted from a fantasy tale.

A landscape decorated with enormous skull sculptures.

Houses are tucked between, on, and underneath giant boulders.

A small house in Tazones, completely covered in shells.

The eccentric home of Estevão Silva da Conceição, known as the "Brazilian Gaudí."

An Italian hillside ghost town.

An unexpected desert oasis in South America.

Giant nude woman of Tijuana is also the artist's home.

First established in 1696, this settlement was abandoned after the Revolutionary War.

The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.

The growing stones of Romania.

Ethiopia's "smoking mountain" is in one of the hottest regions on the planet and is home to two lava lakes.

Exact replica of the ancient monument, but much, much lighter.

Four cars from the old system were once on display, but were removed in 2014.

Enter the Forest of the Elves.

A Foundry on a Sleepy Street.

An architecturally-focused antique shop.

At five meters long, that is one big piece of foam poop.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

Rock carving created 1,300 years ago 75 feet off the ground.