Places Edited by Eric Grundhauser

This bare tree might not have leaves but it is constantly clothed in festive decorations left by mysterious local benefactors.

This set of rickety spaceships are prepared to give alien travelers a place to relax and go to the bathroom.

Twenty-eight years after this local landmark was washed ashore by hurricane Hugo, it was washed away by hurricane Irma.

Architectural monsters are devouring this palace's every door and window.

A derelict New Zealand-themed amusement park in Japan.

This devil-dancing ceremony now celebrates a miraculous image of the Virgin Mary that appeared to a modern-day Robin Hood in a mineshaft.

This tin chapel was built by POW's during World War II and is painted to look like something much more grand.

This scale model of our solar system hid in plain sight for years before a physics team sought out all the planets.

This gem-encrusted temple is said to contain some of the Buddha's hair which can make the deaf hear and the blind see.

A random tree outside a Budapest hotel has become a DIY shrine to the late singer.

Odd stone and concrete monuments in the "Poet of the Sierras" eclectic folly garden.

Forgotten and then destroyed by fire, this was once one of the largest saltwater swimming pools in the world.

The birthplace of American international flight service has been turned into a celebrity's microbrewery.

The shockingly unspoiled Peruvian tomb of the Lord of Sipan was once guarded by a footless warrior.

A museum dedicated to the history of a terrifying secret police is now held in their former headquarters.

This colorful artistic feature atop a Danish art gallery allows visitors to stroll through a rainbow.

The world's largest egg has been cracked a number of times over the years but has been repeatedly replaced.

The humble home where the famous beat author lived briefly and wrote one of his most famous works.

Once an ambitious nature spa, these forest ruins now provide a serene monument to failure.

Possibly the world's largest hourglass only needs to be reset every New Year's Eve.

Former host to the World Elephant Polo Championships.

A mysterious stone embedded at the base of a historic Boston building.

The former home of Samuel Clemens and family remembers the happiest period of the author's life.

The world's shortest street was created by an awkwardly placed hotel.