Places Edited by Eric Grundhauser

Medieval town turned hippie commune, once home to the secret foreskin of Jesus Christ.

Drinkslinger is an unlikely vocation for a Buddhist monk, but at this Tokyo bar the enlightenment is served in a martini glass.

One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.

Balconies that have a most unusual accent.

A collection of collections, including an anatomy museum, the “Cabinet of Physics of Alessandro Volta, a museum of natural history, mineral collection, and much much more...

The USSR’s Conquest of Nature lead to the domestication of many moose—no squirrel.

In oil-rich Azerbaijan, people bathe in the black stuff.

WWI hospital ship lost in a cyclone turns up on the coast of Fraser Island, where she remains rusted and forgotten.

This immaculate and historic water garden culminates in a massive stone dining table with an inset fountain for chilling the wine of the Cardinal's guests.

Where beautiful signs live on forever.

The largest collection of model trains in the world is actually run using full-size locomotive technology.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

This famous archeological mystery may be an ancient example of movable type.

Approximately 250,000 people left homeless by the great earthquake and fires found shelter in Golden Gate Park.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

'Cause the fence start shaking, the earth was quaking.

Prone to disastrous fires, the city of San Francisco has the Guardian, a fireboat gifted by residents, to watch over them from the bay.

Storage units with a wartime past.

The freshest fish here are the ones you catch yourself.

This bridge is embedded with a giant steel dragon that breathes fire from its mouth.

A basement full of treasures lies beneath this inn that has worn many hats throughout its 140+ years.

Train tunnel running underneath Quebec City.

A steamer run aground near Bimini lives a second life as a playground for scuba divers.

The final resting place of a space program monolith, soon to be unveiled again to the public.