Places Edited by Eric Grundhauser

This brutalist monument is inscribed with 9921 names of Yugoslav partisans who perished during WWII.

This spaceship-like Serbian monument reaches for the stars in celebration of the fallen fighters of fascism.

An extraordinary "City of Caves" carved from solid stone.

Two monstrous faces loom over a village in Czechia.

This bright pink Gandhi memorial was built so that sunshine hits a specific spot on his birthday.

One of the oldest and certainly best preserved Cistercian abbeys still in existence.

The highest point in Florida is still the lowest high point in the country.

From dragonfruit to mangoes to durian this Thailand resort allows guests to stay inside all manner of giant fruit.

This cramped crevasse saw the entire population of its island suffocated inside its depths.

This impressive collection of skulls and bones was gathered by an ex-zookeeper who took advantage of a pig plague.

The smallest post office in the United States is no bigger than a broom closet.

These stark white cliffs were spat up by the sea and are slowly being retaken by it.

The summer home and later final residence of acclaimed American sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens.

"You can only scalp a customer once, but you can give him a haircut every two weeks"-Barber's Maxim.

This huge metal monument is slowly being stripped to its concrete skeleton.

In the St. Francois Mountains in the Ozarks at 1,772 feet above sea level, Taum Sauk Mountain is the highest (and possibly oldest) peak in Missouri.

According to legend it was a nap taken under this tree that kicked off the California Gold Rush.

One of the oldest trees in Britain may have been witness to some of the country's formative moments.

This record setting conveyor belt system can even be seen from space.

A fortress built to pacify local uprising that had a stint as a Nazi concentration camp before becoming a five-star hotel.

The world's oldest map of the holy land gives us a fragmented glimpse of the layout of biblical nations.

One of the Eight Wonders of Kansas and the first official National Natural Monument these stark formations look like nature's Stonehenge.

The remains of the dam that unleashed a 15-foot wall of water on Denver.

These colorful sawdust illustrations are trampled into non-existence only moments after they are finished.