Places Edited by Eric Grundhauser

A New Zealand communications tower stands as the tallest structure in the Southern Hemisphere.

Human-made caves excavated to hide a secret society of wealthy pagans.

The wild west is still alive and well at this authentic mining town watering hole.

What was once a trend-setting, phrase-coining icon of architectural splendor is now a rotting, forgotten hulk.

11,500 year old little girl found buried in an ancient fire pit.

The notorious headquarters of a corrupt political machine.

This historic general store still operates much as it did in the late 1800s.

This former Indiana quarry has been transformed into a park and SCUBA site where divers can explore the drowned mining equipment.

Mine shafts and hard pastries await visitors at this massive mountain of salt.

A sprawling nature preserve harbors the world's only living dragons.

A modern ghost town whose inhabitants were driven away by the growth of nuclear power.

This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.

A military museum, art park, mausoleum, and architectural oddity all on one fascist's estate.

This strangely specific landmark will let travelers know when they are half way there.

A once grand hotel is being retaken by the wilderness it once capitalized on.

A medieval fresco which reminds visitors that death will come for us all.

An abandoned 19th century quarry in the middle of the woods, remade by unnamed wanderers into a massive series of rock thrones.

A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.

The remains of an entire Roman city can be explored in this interactive museum.

The history of radiation is on safe display at the foot of a radiation science laboratory.

In an area where the remnants of WWI are discovered on a regular basis this preserved frontline trench may be the most amazing.

One native village in Bali lays their dead at the foot of a holy tree whose natural fragrance seems to hide the stench as the bodies decompose.

This insurance company building reminds customers that witches, bears, and gnomes are out there, best be insured.

Steinbeck's old stomping grounds, immortalized in Cannery Row.