Places Edited by Eric Grundhauser

A quaint miniatures museum that turns its focus towards the lives of Americans in a simpler time.

Take respite inside this jaw-dropping church while climbing the volcano where Georgia's Prometheus was once chained.

This Italianate Villa-style castle is pretty to look at, just keep off the private property.

The world's largest statue of Mao Zedong looks out over the city where he discovered Communism.

The wreckage of a tragic plane crash is on display at this museum devoted to a famous Italian conspiracy.

A historic hotel that made a cameo in Hitchcock's classic film has no intention of letting guests forget its fame.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.

A subterranean Holocaust refuge within one of the world's longest cave systems.

This historic Boston building has gone from personal estate to porn theater and back again.

An isolated beacon with a history of grisly murder and a view of some of literature's greatest inspirations.

This natural Icelandic fissure allows divers to swim right between two volatile tectonic plates.

"You don't need a rocket scientist to build a steam engine, but we've got one." -Museum docent on the credentials of a restoration volunteer.

This museum was invented in a novel before being made real by the author.

The timepiece that exonerated a labor radical accused of a parade bombing that killed ten people.

This series of Armenian caves held the oldest brain, shoe, and winery in the world.

A morbid gateway to an Alaska town prides itself on the hunting history it represents.

This German art chapel is perfect for those who like their worship hard, modern, and utterly alien.

The famous animator's private station house and man-cave was the birthplace of imagineering.

This Netherlands museum holds a gloriously mechanical collection of ornate musical automata.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

Ecuador's largest Incan ruins show evidence of sophisticated irrigation and diplomacy among the ancient builders.

A working miniature city designed to teach kids about safety and presumably city planning.

A monument to the egos of two railroad magnates that fell into decline along with their careers.

Despite sitting firmly in the global cradle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, this Hare Krishna temple is host to one of the largest color festivals outside India.