Places Edited by Eric Grundhauser

With a history of slaughter, feast, and famine, remnants of the pork industry decorate this area--even its church.

A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.

A cemetery for Slovenian notables also serves as a popular recreation space.

This ancient church, rebuilt at least 3 times, is flanked at all sides by history.

Berlin's natural history museum houses the world's largest mounted dinosaur and the late beloved polar bear Knut.

A Pythagorean funhouse that tries, successfully, to prove that math is the coolest thing ever.

This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

Named the fifth most beautiful building in America in 1885, this former courthouse boasts the best view in the Village.

What can compare to the comforting sound of 10,000 toilets running?

A theatre built to house the rowdy Oxford graduation ceremonies became the stage for a debate about God's existence.

This attraction was abandoned after the Chornobyl disaster.

A small medical museum with a recreated doctor's office.

An abandoned set from the 1980 film "Popeye," claimed and repurposed as a theme park by creative locals.

The only intersection in America where the buildings on all four corners were built pre-Revolutionary War.

A Buddha-filled cave that is named after a giant monster spider.

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.

An unusual number plate signifies the building's saucy past.

Where the high court feasted, frolicked, and high courtesans put their royal lovers' diamonds to the test.

A museum dedicated to the least secret spy is actually an attempt to get Hollywood's attention.

A grotto-like lodge decorated with gilded mosaics, rocks and a noisy waterfall was the setting for the most sumptuous pleasure house of 1900s Europe.

A Belle Epoque bordello turned into a themed love hotel.

Behind the pink curtain, Au Bonheur du Jour, an art gallery of erotic archives.

This innocuous-seeming building is actually the remnant of a major wartime brothel.

This folk art dinosaur was almost pushed to extinction due to lack of a building permit.