Places Edited by Kerry Wolfe

Historic slum of Tartu.

These mansions date back to Chicago's days as a brewer's paradise.

Beloved bar home to musicians of all eras and reputations.

Theater has had many different incarnations but has survived the ravages of time.

A drawbridge named for a potentially intersex Polish national who fought alongside George Washington during the American Revolution, and an example of "Pulaski Red".

Feral cats keeping the rodent population at bay all across Greenpoint waterfront.

The Pope’s secret escape route.

A dictator's gold statue once rotated to face the sun on a 75-meter high marble tower.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

Eclectic collection of rare and beautiful stones in a historic home.

Modern-day cave dwellers carve elaborate homes out of volcanic debris.

The headless bodies of more than 1,300 guillotined victims of the Reign of Terror are buried here in mass graves.

Gigantic mosaic sculptures of the figures on Tarot cards fill this colorful Tuscan garden.

America's post-nuclear-attack chambers of Congress.

A wunderkammer of gold and silver reliquaries and ancient saintly bones.

The mummified right fist of a 1,000-year-old saint-king sits inside an ornate golden reliquary.

Nightmarish example of the unintended consequences of weapons testing.

Ho Chi Minh's perfectly preserved body has been on display here since 1975.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

Learn the history of Dominican rum production.

A true roadside icon standing on the same plains that the herds once roamed.

An Olympic hero stripped of his medals is buried in a town he never visited, which took his name after his death.

The world's only silo that was topped by two revolving restaurants has unfortunately been demolished.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.