Places Added by Eric Grundhauser

This historic rec center in the heart of Israel is a bastion of peace and togetherness.

One of only two towns in Israel populated by Circassians, a sect of Sunni Muslims who are also devoted to Israeli military service.

The world's only official college program focused on "clown therapy."

This ancient village is peopled by a religious minority and is still using some of the same materials it was built with thousands of years ago.

This archaeological site was the center of the extinct Yarmukian culture which developed the first roads and pottery in Israel.

Traditional Bedouin crafting has become an official tourist site and successful industry for its female craftspeople.

This Navarrese cave's history of witchcraft and pagan ritual is not just embraced, but recreated each year.

Downtown Minneapolis mixed art and function by turning some of their sewer covers into works of art.

This wildly-tiled artist's palace is a living and growing account of the creator's life, loves, and labors.

This eccentric cave dwelling is bizarre even by the standards of a subterranean town.

This tiny town features a tiny town that acts as a 3D snapshot of the town during the 1950s.

The most radioactive spot in New York City can also fix your muffler.

This ultra-modern home clings to the slope of the Hollywood Hills on a precarious stilt.

This egg-shaped treehouse was inspired by "sport sleeping."

The home of the Dead Sea Scrolls is an abstract modernist dream.

A Victorian school for poverty stricken waifs has been preserved as a museum to their donated education.

This Ecuadorian cemetery is home to a jaw-dropping topiary wonderland.

This huge stew pot is the focal point of the "Community Soup" event, which honors tradition and soup.

This Minnesota-shaped forest is actually located in the state it is shaped like.

One of the most remarkable caves in all of Iceland was created by a once raging river of lava.

This elderly couple's hand-picked collection of rare gems is one of the finest in all of Iceland.

This neon blue river gets its color from a unique mix of bacteria and volcano minerals.

This Taiwanese promontory is covered in otherworldly hoodoo formations.

A sudden forest of traditional Papua New Guinean art works is hidden in a corner of Stanford University.