Places Edited by Kerry Wolfe

Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.

An underground paleo-Christian burial site composed of the remains of several cemeteries and Basilicas.

The Corinthian columns that towered over Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration stand proud.

World's strongest whirlpool.

One of seven Jewish catacombs in Rome and one of only two open to the public.

Fascinating museum dedicated to the under-appreciated medical history of urology features some wince-inducing devices.

A unique attraction and museum dedicated to exploring iconic roadside structures.

The world's tallest statue of an American hero.

An offbeat angle on the ocean viewed through an antiquated lens.

A cannon designed to fire an atomic warhead.

Described as "the world's most blinging pool."

Largest Kauri tree in New Zealand.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

Experience park where visitors are told to expect the unexpected.

Devastated landscape used for hundreds of years by the Romans as their primary mining site.

Danish tourist destination well known for open stalls where vendors sell marijuana on the street.

The once forbidden "secret cabinet" of erotic art from excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

Eclectic musical collection ranging from hurdy gurdies and orphicas to the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio.

Competitors race wooden replicas of pungent blue cheese.

Final resting place of Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton.

Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.

Enormous statue of the Emperor of the Mongols.

Two islands just 4 km apart separated by an International Border and Date Line.