Places Edited by Kerry Wolfe

A subterranean haunt where wine and homemade biscottis are always on the menu.

A menagerie of curiously bred creatures.

There's a lot of horsing around on this lonely stretch of Australian highway.

This museum pays homage to a device that precipitated a watershed moment in Finger Lakes food production.

During World War II, the Nazis repurposed this beer cellar to store stolen artwork.

The ruins of the movie ranch owned by actor and stuntman Ray "Crash" Corrigan.

A fortress off the West coast of Portugal that dates back to 1502.

The 20th-century church looks like a rustic version of the Sagrada Familia.

The restored estate of a wealthy rancher was once at the heart of an unprecedented legal victory.

One of the world's largest shopping malls covers an area of 15 million square feet—and it's still set to grow.

North Africa's first museum of its kind preserves the culture of Moroccan women and their artistic achievements. 

The first modernist church in Europe.

Japan's longest-running music festival takes place on an isolated butterfly-shaped island.

Founded in the 4th-century, the town of Pernik plays host to the Surva Carnival⁠—a magnificent display of masked Kukeri dancers.

Murals made with millions of colorful stones adorn the abandoned building.

The Pennsylvania shopping center was once the setting for the 1978 film, "Dawn of the Dead."

Hiding behind a grocery store is a spectacular cavern carved as part of an old limestone quarry.

This medieval manor house was hastily fortified when it found itself in the middle of the Scottish fight for independence.

A crumbling World War I fort that is reached through a series of concrete tunnels.

The old castle kitchen where nucleic acid was first isolated is considered the "cradle of biochemistry."

This impressive scene portrays the elusive forest giraffe of Central Africa.

India's first open-air public art district sits in the heart of the country's capital.

These picturesque structures speckle the hill above the monastery.

The largest park in Lviv is surrounded by a network of disused rail tracks.