Places Edited by Kerry Wolfe

This extraordinary geological oddity resembles human-made pavement.

This striking art museum holds an amazing series of curiosity cabinets.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

The headquarters of the Mahanikai school of Buddhism, Thailand's largest monastic order.

Granite outcropping that the state's tourism bureau doesn't promote because of its delicate ecosystem.

Gift shop offering toe tags and chalk body beach towels tucked into a coroner's office.

Most polluted lake in the world, used as a radioactive dumping ground for years.

Standing in for the first ship to navigate the Northwest Passage.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

A real-life "hobbit" cave in Flores, Indonesia.

Single runway interrupted by a busy road that cuts across its middle.

Feeding hungry Ballard boat workers since 1922.

World's largest film studio, where visitors tour the decaying sets that litter the harsh desert environment.

The mummified heart of a saint lives on in this church—after a brief hiatus when it was stolen.

One of Europe's oldest libraries.

With over 5,000 champions, the Hall of Fame continues to draw amateur eaters.

A European-style bath house in Chicago.

Dublin's "Dead Zoo" serves as a window to Victorian museum design.

The only arched bridge made of stone on the entire Mississippi River.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

A palatial art deco restroom.

The Real LegoLand.

An old soap company building now houses one of Minneapolis’s oldest independent non-profit art galleries.

Sleepy Minneapolis block beats Guinness Record for most churches on one city block.