Places Edited by Eric Grundhauser

This oversize piece of novelty cookware once cooked the largest pancake in the world.

The location of the last stand of Charles Manson's doomsday cult.

An upstate New York garage advertises its services by literally putting the automobile above all else.

Post office plaque commemorates local resistance to a cult invasion.

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"The most colorful grottoes of the world.

A quarry cum sculpture park where the works of art are chiseled into the very walls.

Plagued by riots, celebrity injuries and a tragic death, this amusement park has been demolished.

Recently restored menagerie of Victorian-era beasts.

The world's tallest boat lift stands as a massive piece of industrial tourism.

Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.

A faux desert landscape in the middle of the jungle that sprouts oases during the rainy season.

Sacred waters rescued from the wrath of a volcano.

Mysterious concrete spires left on a small Canadian hill.

Minimalist modern art on a repurposed military base in rural Texas.

A formerly glacier-tipped volcano that inspired none other than Jules Verne.

The world's largest man-made underground caverns offer unparalleled underwater wonders.

Concrete construction materials turned into a fashionable capsule hotel in rural Mexico.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

An antique curios dealer and hybrid taxidermist.

The largest cave shaft in the world is home to thousands of birds and popular with BASE jumpers.

This tea house was a hand-built gift from Boulder's sister city in Tajikstan.

An extraordinary collection of 18th century anatomical waxworks.