Places Edited by Eric Grundhauser

A mining town once rife with murderous disputes over its copious treasures now creates income as a popular spot for photo shoots.

An extra-wide chair built to accommodate the former president's big behind.

An architecturally unique lighthouse that had to be lifted up and moved to avoid falling in the sea.

How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?

This extremely narrow tenement boasts a maximum occupancy of just two.

Now nearly dry, this lake is said to be the ancient home of the Lady of the Lake, and was once thought to be bottomless.

A popular shrine where the Blessed Virgin allegedly appeared in 1830, displaying a holy armchair and two incorruptible remains of Lady Saints.

This shallow pit was once used to send over 20,000 buffalo plummeting to their death.

The privately owned cemetery that holds room for Washington's finest when they step down from life.

The Cathedral of St. Ambrose has been hiding a special parishioner within its walls.

This house was largely built out of hundreds of thousands of discarded glass embalming fluid bottles.

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

The end of the 4 Line is also the end of the line for 300,000 souls in one of NYC's most illustrious cemeteries.

The modest home of the very immodest dancer who cost a king his crown.

1920's reinforced concrete church by architect Auguste Perret changes the face of modern design.

This historic observatory contains the world's oldest refracting lens telescope.

This ancient temple is set up to take you on a pilgrimage of self.

Home of Vissarion, the "Jesus of Siberia."

A whimsical and twisted animatronic monster tour beneath the streets of Berlin.

Storage warehouse of the rich and famous.

Rare and gorgeous birds abound in this protected wildlife sanctuary.

Explore the complex ecology of this multifaceted nature preserve by riverboat.

In the days before HD projectors and IMAX, some of the most powerful projectors belonged to planetariums.

Learn about Iceland's hidden folk at this school dedicated to the study of elves.