Places Edited by Kerry Wolfe

The remains of a medieval city loom in one of the most isolated desert regions of Turkmenistan.

This stunning home looks like it belongs in medieval Europe, not North Carolina.

An Irish peat mine has become a stunning sculpture park.

A wonderful museum dedicated to the local straw hat industry.

The famed amusement district marks the beginning of summer with a wild procession of nautical creatures.

Where the White Nile River dramatically cascades between Lake Kyoga and Lake Albert in Uganda.

A monument to the thousands of Canadian soldiers who died capturing the French ridge during World War I.

The ruins of the first Spanish settlement in Puerto Rico.

Catch a glimpse of local, native wildlife at this zoo dedicated to conservation and education.

This local landmark is home to art galleries and the area's only community darkroom.

Also known as the Square Colosseum, this building is a prime example of fascist-era rationalist architecture.

An impressive if morbid collection of mummified remains from different eras of the region's history.

A beautiful 19th-century Armenian mansion is preserved above an unassuming cafe.

These medieval funerary monuments are now home to a colony of critically endangered vultures.

Sound travels strangely in this underground whispering gallery.

A monument built to commemorate the billionth barrel of oil extracted from the Seria oil field in Brunei.

A trove of tiny treasures hidden within a Florida park.

This 16th-century mosque is the hallmark of the African architectural legacy in India.

The enigmatic skull gazes out over the ruins of a once-great Mayan city.

The controversial final resting place of the equally controversial first president of Turkmenistan.

This pioneer village is like a time capsule of 19th-century Australia.

The poet's been ambling through these New York woods since 1940.

The house where the writer spent his formative years.

The ruins of an abandoned 17th-century fort that was almost completely destroyed by a fire.