Places Edited by Kerry Wolfe

The Dalai Lama named this New Zealand landscape the "Spiritual Center of the Universe."

Fall down the rabbit hole into a surreal journey of human consciousness "from ass to soul."

Extensive Orthodox icon collection in Andorra.

Historic psychiatric asylum and most-filmed location in the Great White North.

Giant kites are flown during this Day of the Dead celebration in Guatemala.

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Looking for a unifying history, Uzbekistan finds its answer in a 14th Century Turco-Mongol conqueror... despite the fact he wasn't Uzbek.

This sacred cavern, 400 feet deep, is home to millions of bats and an ancient burial ground.

A small chapel celebrating the spiritual bond between dogs and humans.

Manatees congregate around a power plant's discharge canal where the water is especially warm.

Controversial site of what could be Europe's first pyramid.

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

Underwater art project will double as a massive artificial coral reef to help regenerate the damaged ecosystem.

The sister plane of the C-123 shot down during the Iran-Contra Affair has found a new purpose in retirement.

World's tallest monolithic statue has served as a pilgrimage site since its completion in 993 CE.

An ancient stone fortress considered by many to be the eighth wonder of the world.

The only castle in North America to ever house European sovereigns.

The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.

Pluto is still considered a planet in Ithaca, New York.

On the outskirts of a desert trading village high on the Andean plain, steel giants have been destroyed by salt winds.

Underwater roads undetectable from the surface used for escape routes from foreign invaders.

Bat house that has only ever housed bat for one night; they all flew away and never came back.

Danish observation tower designed to look like a giant beer bottle.

Low-frequency noise compared to an idling train can only be heard by some of this industrial town's residents.