Places Edited by Eric Grundhauser

The former home of the hard partying literary power couple is now one of the only museums devoted to their story.

In this mine all the gold you can carry may not be as sweet of a deal as it sounds.

These mysterious religious carvings were once thought to be thousands of years old but are actually the work of modern eccentric.

This tower-tomb honors a president who only held office for a little over a month but dedicated his life to his country.

This World War II bunker now survives as a documentation of the Nazi regime and war crimes.

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

This tiny patch of arid sand sits in one of the greenest states in the United States.

The tiny Spanish village that long refused to change its outrageously anti-Semitic name.

Public access to clean drinking water was an instant hit among the masses.

The famous author's birthplace is preserved in a town that he once described as narrow-minded.

America's largest man-made forest was planted in an effort to bring back the past.

The second oldest anatomical theater is housed in a museum of curiosities.

Downieville's largest Gold Rush structure still standing has one of the longest bars in California.

A giant Jesus statue watches over the city of Saltillo from the top of a mountain.

This memorial pyramid marker honors one of the United States Government's first official camel riders.

No matter what the plaque under this massive legume says, this is not the world's largest peanut.

Georgia's highest point was given its strange name thanks to a simple translation error.

The highest point in Mississippi is a hilltop that was once used to bombard a nearby town with artillery.

The highest point in Alabama was almost completely deforested, but is now home to protected towers and trees.

This massive concrete sculpture is said to be the heaviest communist monument on Earth.

A park and memorial dedicated to the victims of the deadliest school massacre in American history.

This perfectly preserved Chinese medicine shop was untouched for decades before being reopened as a museum.

This granite monument at the site of an ill-conceived tourist attraction is built from the same stone as the Mormon Temple.

The largest statue in the world towers at 420 feet high atop another 66 feet of pedestal.