Places Edited by Eric Grundhauser

An abandoned guano-mining city in the South Pacific.

A valley of unique erosion patterns lends to a view like nothing on Earth.

Architect Le Corbusier built his friend a cubist house to match his impressive collection of cubist art.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

A surreal museum of extraordinary industrial objects.

The world's largest ship graveyard is the product of decades of corruption.

BDSM, 1930s Style.

This Italian dam is covered in salt-hungry goats who manage to scale its almost vertical face.

This war hero's old shop remembers the fine line between medicine and quackery during the Revolutionary War.

A site of pagan worship which still attracts people looking for fairies.

Old submarine parts have been converted into faux whale fins.

This famous writer's tombstone is a literary pilgrimage site that was publicly defiled by a rival.

These faux-cliff dwellings allow visitors to climb around on a replica archaeological site.

Religion and personal struggle gave birth to this collection of concrete angels.

An outsider art duo's yard has been turned into a whimsical public gallery.

The former home of an Italian artist is now a shrine to his ambitious works.

The gravestone of a famous poet features a fittingly poetic epitaph chosen by the writer himself.

Spies, love letters, and ghost stories have all left their mark on this home-cum-museum.

A beautiful deserted greenhouse in the middle of a park.

Three wildly colorful calderas top this otherworldly volcano chain.

Ethiopian standing stones featuring remarkably preserved carvings of swords and people.

This jail which was in service for over a century is now open for curious visitors.

This abandoned motel doesn't welcome guests anymore, but decay and a creepy atmosphere still call it home.

This playground sculpture of an icon from the past is dedicated to the children of the future.