Places Edited by Eric Grundhauser

A mushroom-shaped outcropping that has come to be the symbol for an entire town.

This sailor's boneyard was lost under a parking lot for decades before being rediscovered.

This folk museum is devoted to small figurines of provincial village life.

An English cenotaph honoring an American feminist icon.

This collection of historic puppets honors centuries of the craft.

A classic advertising icon immortalized in regal bronze.

Three bridges and one giant canyon make up this fantastic Spanish settlement.

Macbeth's infamous "Great Birnam Wood."

This antique thermometer honors the creator of the first universal temperature scale.

These spartan apartments are provided to clergymen visiting Vatican City.

An idyllic hotel that gave its name to a supposed shadow government.

In a town known for its large hats, this one is the biggest.

This German "living museum" is maybe a bit too immersive.

A lone pole once used to display a man's corpse now stands empty, but the memory remains.

This Russian diner is staffed entirely by twins.

This small-town museum is dedicated to the original western movie mega-star.

A small island with no monkeys but plenty of military ruins.

This bridge is haunted by the ghost of a distraught mother.

The former private quarters and office of Dr. Sigmund Freud now hosts a museum housing the works of the founding father of psychoanalysis.

A shrine to a skeleton saint in the city of angels.

One devoted couple has donated multiple recreations of Michelangelo's sculptures to this South Dakota town.

An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.

"A hideous albatross in the Hudson River Valley."

A tunnel once abandoned now thrives with graffiti art as an off-limits makeshift gallery.