Places Edited by Eric Grundhauser

The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.

Artifacts showcasing the witchy history of Zambia.

This home is decked out like a psychedelic explosion of colors and bowling balls.

This historical swimming pool near Miami is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

The world's largest fire hydrant is supposedly tornado-proof.

The oldest church in the Estonian capital is home to over 100 fantastical cemetery coats-of-arms.

This massive water spout has been luring visitors for hundreds of years, some to their death.

This trio of Australian rock spires may have inspired aboriginal legend or just modern tourism.

The Titanic sails again in one Scotland man's backyard.

This moving cemetery sphere is a slowly rolling stone.

This life-size bronze statue remembers the tallest recorded human in his Illinois hometown.

The world's first nuclear power plant is open to visitors looking to role-play a meltdown.

The northernmost point in Denmark is a turbulent sandbar created by two clashing seas.

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

The hometown of Popeye's creator is littered with a growing collection of granite cartoon characters.

These mouldering mansion ruins remember a time when the Catskills were nothing but luxury.

The home of one of America's most wealthy industrialists is now a historic site that remembers a more decadent time in the country's history.

Whale bones, scrimshaw, and sperm oil make up just a part of this comprehensive collection of whaling history.

One man single-handedly dug a road right through a mountain after his wife died due to its interference.

This sprawling collection of saintly relics includes such fascinations as wood from the Cross of Jesus and threads from Mary's veil.

One of the highest emergency huts in the world has been waiting almost a century to give imperiled climbers a place to lie down.

Once the most flame resistant building in the country, the South Carolina Historical Society building was almost burnt down in a fire.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

A master plumber has turned his love of art and toilets into a folk museum that's not taking the piss.