Places Edited by Kerry Wolfe

The beautiful bas-relief lines a sliver of a 19th-century walking path between two charming French villages.

This botanical garden boasts sculptures, industrial ruins, and an endorsement from the Dalai Lama.

This ancient village provides insight into the complexity of the pre-Columbian Fremont Culture.

This vast collection of smoking pipes from across the world spans centuries.

The cross-shaped memorial is filled with kitschy tributes to the late pop star.

The world's last remaining store of its kind.

Centuries later, the victims of Great Britain's greatest hysteria are finally being remembered.

It's gunky, it's gross, and it's been freed from the sewer and put on display.

West Point’s only monument to a woman veteran stands above an empty grave.

An unusual "skull with ears" sits in the crypt of this small church tucked away at the end of a narrow alley.

Dakota legend claims this locally iconic pinnacle was once part of a sacred burial site that was cleaved in two.

Rowdy rebels fortified this home during the first popular uprising in United States history.

This functional solar system model was inspired by the famous Eisinga Planetarium.

A collection of incredible clay crafts, complete with earthen skeletons and mermaids.

The former broadcast site has been reimagined as a museum about the medium.

An 18th-century estate owner thought these cottages were an eyesore, so he artfully disguised them as a church.

The cellar of a former factory is now home to a collection of gloves, machines, and tools of the trade.

The old church, buried by the 1784 Mount Vesuvius eruption, is a remarkably well-preserved place where people now pray for the souls of the dead.

Thousands of mounted insects, and some live ones, hide within an otherwise ordinary shopping mall.

The plaques around this 19th-century structure recall some rather strange tales.

After decades of research and rumors, Little Zion Church was proven to be his final resting place.

This museum housed in a former brothel explores the past and present of sex work in Amsterdam.

More than 70 detailed dioramas—including some rather nontraditional ones—fill this charming museum.

The interior of this Serbian royal family's mausoleum is covered with exquisite mosaics.