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Eric Grundhauser

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Director of Programming, Atlas Obscura Membership. Eric heads up Atlas Obscura's membership program, hosting and producing shows that bring our curious world to life! He lives in Brooklyn with his comic book collection. His work has been featured on Slate, NPR, Vanity Fair, The AV Club, Motherboard, Smithsonian, and a bunch of other places where reasonable content is sold. Helluva guy. Have any issues? eric@atlasobscura.com
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Plan de Phazy

Risoul, France

Plan de Phazy

Since ancient times these picturesque springs have been providing bathers with healing waters.

Petrified Fountain of Réotier

Réotier, France

Petrified Fountain of Réotier

This otherworldly French waterfall looks like its waters have turned to stone.

The hoofprint on Martense Lane Rock.

Brooklyn, New York

Martense Lane Rock

This seemingly unremarkable boulder is said to bear the hoofprint of the devil himself.

The Church Brew Works

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

The Church Brew Works

A restored Pittsburgh house of God has been converted to a marvelous house of suds.

Fremont Bridge

Seattle, Washington

Fremont Bridge

From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.

Diamondback Bridge

Tucson, Arizona

Rattlesnake Bridge

In Tucson a giant metal snake helps pedestrians cross a busy highway.

Hobbiton, USA

Phillipsville, California

Hobbiton, USA

A crumbling wizard is one of the final reminders of a roadside Middle Earth.

Kościuszko Mound

Krakow, Poland

Kościuszko Mound

This man-made mound monument was built out of soil from all across the Polish empire.

Tianjin Eye

Tianjin, China

Tianjin Eye

This massive neon wheel is the only one of its kind to be built over a bridge.

Buxian Bridge

Huangshan, China

Buxian Bridge

This short pedestrian span is also known as the "Fairy Walking Bridge" because it looks almost magical.

Museum of the Moscow Railway

Moscow, Russia

Museum of the Moscow Railway

This Russian locomotive museum was once devoted just to Lenin's funeral before expanding to encompass Moscow's entire train history.

Whale Bone Alley

Russia

Whale Bone Alley

Siberian whale bones stand as cairns marking location of an ancient butcher yard.

Cave-In-Rock

Cave-In-Rock, Illinois

Cave-In-Rock

River pirates, murderous bandits, and serial killers used this Illinois cave as their debauched hideout.

Tromelin Island

French Southern and Antarctic Lands

Tromelin Island

Now home to nothing but a weather station and a landing strip, a group of enslaved people were marooned on this tiny island for 15 years.

Ordensburg Vogelsang

Schleiden, Germany

Ordensburg Vogelsang

This former Nazi castle was built as a school to train what would have been the future of the Third Reich.

Serpent D'Océan

Saint-Brevin-les-Pins, France

Serpent D'Océan

An aluminum skeleton brings Chinese mythology to the French shore.

Cragside

Morpeth, England

Cragside

This enchanting Victorian estate was home to the world's first hydroelectric power generator.

Jumbo Kingdom
Permanently Closed

Hong Kong

Jumbo Kingdom

A colossal floating restaurant built to look like a ancient Chinese imperial palace.

1800s Alien Gravesite
Permanently Closed

Aurora, Texas

1890s Alien Gravesite

This small town Texas cemetery is said to be the burial site of a UFO pilot who crashed in the 1800s.

Grave of Stonewall Jackson's Arm

Locust Grove, Virginia

Grave of Stonewall Jackson's Arm

The resting place of a Civil War celebrity's amputated limb.

Baby Head Cemetery

Llano, Texas

Baby Head Cemetery

This grimly-titled Texas cemetery is all that remains of a Wild West settlement with possibly the worst name.

Chatty Belle

Neillsville, Wisconsin

Chatty Belle

The world's largest talking cow would like to tell you about the benefits of 100% Wisconsin dairy products, if only she still could.

The marker for Chopin's heart

Warsaw, Poland

Chopin's Heart

After the famous composer died in Paris, his sister snuck his heart out of the country to honor his wish that it be buried in their native country.

Barthman's Sidewalk Clock

New York, New York

Barthman's Sidewalk Clock

A clock set into the concrete outside a Manhattan jeweler has been telling time underfoot for over a century.

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