Places Edited by Eric Grundhauser

A century and a half of research in the sciences and natural history, still going strong.

A starship has landed in Texas, a welcome break for weary travelers from a drab stretch of I-35.

An avant-garde artist is survived by his seaside garden.

A miniature village mimics the surrounding buildings so well it includes itself.

This smaller cousin of the Forbidden City has gone from ancestral sacrifice to tourist's whispers.

The world's largest impact crater is mainly eroded but still remembers the planet's violent history.

Continuing a tradition of movie magic on the site of America’s oldest continually operating movie theatre.

This bridge is the first to be made entirely from iron, but designed like it was still made of wood.

A modern sliver of architecture in Roma.

Death comes to anyone who dares to touch this concrete column.

When German-Iraqi relations broke down, this embassy was vacated post haste.

An underground magnet for ever-changing street art.

This whimsically unique butterfly farm focuses solely on creating habitats for the gentle insects.

Beautiful natural falls where Satan once ruined a pot of beans.

This sinkhole is disguised as a pond and named after the man who stumbled upon it.

One of the tallest maypoles remaining in England in one of its smaller villages.

A super-sized promotional trick that is now a D.C. landmark.

Always a new use for this old building.

A Community Cornerstone.

A museum dedicated to man's boldest venture.

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.

A unique seaside cave where Aleister Crowley faked his own death.

Huge standing stones mark a site of megalithic mystery.