Places Edited by Eric Grundhauser

It might not be as impossible to reach as its name would imply, but just about.

The depictions of slaughter are surprisingly detailed at this mysterious ancient site.

The Mighty Wurlitzer organ continues to belt out the tunes at downtown El Segundo's historic home for silent and classic movies.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

A stone plaque and a winking pub name are all that remain to remember the victims of deadly 1836 avalanche.

What was once a bustling mining installation is now a bustling hub of contemporary art.

This picturesque Umbrian city has a subterranean side that has long remained hidden.

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

In the heart of Brigham Young's promised land sits a festering plot of industrial ruin that has been claimed by society's outcasts.

No cyclone yet has been able to topple this rugged Indian lighthouse.

Even with only two residents and one building, this tiny Illinois town is famous for its burgers.

After the Cuban Revolution, the famous rum company had to leave their swanky headquarters behind.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

Over the centuries, this island paradise has done it all, from providing monks with ecclesiastical respite to sheltering an exiled Leon Trotsky.

Hundreds of small crosses have been carved into the bark of the trees outside this small Estonian village.

A history of heat is on display at this unique Austrian museum.

On a winding Vienna side street, one museum has turned their windows into a monument to history’s peace-minded heroes.

An Art Deco gem that held together the artistic heart of an agricultural community for 92 years.

A small literary museum remembers the life and works of the author of The Thirty-Nine Steps.

A 19th-century politician who died after walking home in a blizzard is honored with this Manhattan statue.

Catering to broken dolls for almost 200 years, this repair shop is now a charnel house of doll parts.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

This off-limits room in the National Library of France is home to a system of pneumatic tubes, once used to bring books to readers.

Shakespeare has been brought to life in this open air theater for the better part of a century.