Places Edited by Kerry Wolfe

Amsterdam's narrowest house facade is a monument to 17th-century tax evasion.

A powerful cyclone once made one of the world's largest sinkholes completely fill with water.

This tremendous trout welcomes visitors to a northern Michigan town with a rich fishing history.

This city park wants you to take your shoes off.

The discovery of an old wall led to the creation of this fascinating museum about the city in the Middle Ages.

Cavemen, elephants, and eagles greet passengers driving through the town's main intersection.

You won't find these curiously named passageways anywhere else in England.

The lost Latin words were reconstructed using the holes from the nails that once pinned them in place.

No one’s quite sure why there's a metal megaphone bolted on two rocks in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

What was once the longest suspension bridge in Latin America was directly inspired by the iconic Brooklyn Bridge.

A blacklight mini-golf fever dream pays tribute to the iconic rock band.

This baroque palace displays an impressive collection of taxidermy, art, and rare objects from the days of courtly hunting.

These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.

This mechanical wonder towers above a river in Michigan's capital city.

Some claim these desert ruins are from the legendary "Atlantis of the Sands."

A father built this one-of-a-kind house in the shape of his son's race car.

Two graffiti towers stand like ghosts of Vancouver's World War II-era defensive outpost.

Legend says the horned lizard spent 31 years sealed in a time capsule before he was discovered alive.

This small monument to the great inventor contains a time capsule and a Wi-Fi hotspot.

In Texas, a replica Irish castle is home to a charismatic pack of llamas.

In the middle of a remote desert town is a surprisingly opulent hotel.

This bar hosts an ever-evolving napkin art installation devoted to an American president.

One of Oxford's greatest treasures likely belonged to England's legendary King Alfred the Great.

This quiet, unassuming spot in Budapest was the birthplace of the bloody 1956 Hungarian Revolution.