Places Edited by Kerry Wolfe

An enormous Polaroid picture adds an artistic flair to Rotterdam.

For decades, Puerta del Sol has been illuminated by a giant, guitar-wielding bottle of sherry.

This oddly beautiful water cistern is a techno-temple to the wet stuff and a multimedia masterpiece.

A museum of co-operativism housed in the birthplace of the modern movement.

This road earned its macabre nickname after hundreds of Iraqi troops died along it in 1991.

The atmospheric ruins of a historic church can be found on a hill above the city of Oviedo.

A mud statue stands in the dark tunnels, seeming to hold up the weight of the city above.

The only home of the famous French impressionist painter open to the public is now a museum and bed and breakfast.

A wonderful collection of fossilized dinosaurs and other creatures that roamed the landscape millions of years ago.

Wander among the ghostly ruins of an island where civilization flourished for thousands of years.

Get a close look at the gigantic remains of long-extinct mammoths.

The modern museum honors the achievements of the state's all-star athletes.

This honeycomb-textured tafone looks like a petrified troll head.

Legend has it this historic port was a popular hideout and smuggling spot for pirates.

This centuries-old wooden wonder was built in less than a year and is one of Europe's largest timber-framed churches.

This old selenite mine is dotted with tiny crystals that make it shimmer like it's covered in glitter.

This whimsical garbage disposal facility receives around 12,000 accidental tourists each year.

The final resting place of one of Hollywood’s most prolific and talented actors is on the grounds of a California Mission.

A 90-ton, gravity-defiant steam locomotive shoots for the skies in this bizarrely beautiful public artwork.

When in Idaho, sleep in a giant potato.

Come face to face with the ferocious visage of the serpent-headed mother goddess of the Aztecs.

Every September, international competitors flock to the flooded quarries of a tiny Scottish island.

This Cape Cod museum exhibits what it claims is the only authenticated pirate treasure in the world.

This enchanting natural park is a magical example of a temperate rainforest in Europe.