Places Added by Eric Grundhauser

If astronomy had a ghost, it would look like this observatory.

When this test site was abandoned, they didn't even bother to take the rocket with them.

This ancient stone necropolis is in danger of disappearing.

A rambling museum which honors the beauty in everyday objects.

Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.

The name of this ancient Indonesian temple translates as "Elephant Cave" but it could be more accurately called "The Hellmouth."

What was once an underground Nazi city is now Europe's largest bat reserve.

These delicate ruins need more tourists to keep them from fading away.

The world's largest ginkgo tree contains a hollow so large a man once lived in it for two years.

What was once a unique system of urban elevators is turning into a mechanical ruin.

Uh, pardon me, ma'am, but I couldn't help noticing that there's a Columbo statue in the middle of Budapest.

Tasked with beautifying a disused stretch of industrial land one artist filled a hole with grass.

135 bronze medallions mark a French meridian line which once rivaled the hotshot Greenwich timeline.

The site of a tragic massacre that spawned a multimedia franchise.

This former prison now houses a lovely library devoted to Quebec's oft-maligned English-speaking history.

This famous city eluded concrete detection until the early 2000's.

The once great capital of Egypt now crumbles forward as evocative ruins.

This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

Dedicated to an "Unknown Man," this grave holds either the remains of a lovelorn suicide or a Cold War spy.

This museum celebrating the almighty dollar lets visitors literally stand in the shadow of a million bucks.

A brewery warehouse which doubles as a circus bigtop.

Even drowned in an ocean of toxic waste, the remnants of this Romanian village stand tall.

The world's smallest commercial theater is set up in what was once a urinal for Victorian men.

A comic book store that puts the marvel back in marvellous.