Places Edited by Eric Grundhauser

This experimental utopian "city of the future" in rural India may hold a dark secret.

The remains of an attempt to carve a thriving metropolis from the forest, and once home to the first revolving door in North America.

The Church of the Annunciation was carved into the face of a cliff, just like the rest of the town of Haute-Isle.

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

Nearly 40 miles and 1,000 years of limestone mines under Denmark.

Mysterious meeting place for UFO hunters near Area 51.

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

Remains of military submarines built in secret jungle factories by the Tamil guerrillas' naval wing.

A small town museum celebrates the history of the Ohio county that produced Annie Oakley and other famous figures.

The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.

Space-age monument to an early 20th-century uprising.

This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.

This stone is a marker of one millionaire's personal vendetta against gravity.

Hidden in one of New York's oldest subway stations is the final remnant of the site of the bizarre Shakespeare Riots.

A long-disputed island that Denmark and Canada claim by periodically alternating flags and bottles of liquor.

This massive marble memorial was built bit by bit either out of devotion or spite, but at the expense of the surrounding town.

The alpine falls where Sherlock Holmes apparently met his demise can actually be visited.

The world's second-tallest flagpole stands proud despite dropping rank.

America's "second most important bell" is a contentious spoil of the Civil War.

Two churches shoot bottle rockets at each others' bell towers in an unusual Easter celebration.

A glorious pub known for a spiteful printing feud and its famous typeface lost—then found—at the bottom of the Thames.

The boulder on which Alexander Hamilton laid his head after a deadly duel can still be visited on the New Jersey coast.

Willy Wonka would love this weird half-a-home.

A memorial museum to the political prisoners who were held at Sighet Prison, once one of the most feared places in Romania.