Places Edited by Eric Grundhauser

The grave of Mary Nasson is shrouded by witchy legends.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

The park that the Chicago Stockyards built.

Site of the creepy house used in Lucio Fulci's "The House by the Cemetery."

An old dining hall now serves up ghost stories for lusty locals.

Crystal clear lake with a shoreline of travertine located in a Colorado canyon.

Eons ago, a rushing lava river formed this pristine passage through solid rock.

Once an impressive link to Afghanistan’s Buddhist past, now a sad reminder of intolerance towards other cultures.

Once a farm where patients tilled the soil, this asylum lost its workforce when overmedicating became common practice.

360° views of the city plus five floors of optical illusions and hands-on science.

This infamous prison has a store where you can buy goods crafted by incarcerated people.

Devoted Buddhists can earn enlightenment in the next life by crawling through this symbolic nostril.

This small window display is dedicated to the noble carrot.

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

A historic freight system that found the true gold rush is in tourism.

Over two-thirds of the world's population of giant tortoises live among this coral formation.

The Bucyrus-Erie model 1850B electric shovel, or "Big Brutus," the largest existing electric shovel in the world.

An artificial crater field that trained astronauts for lunar exploration.

Final resting place of a pioneering scurvy researcher.

A city entirely devoted to illegal gun production.

Where Aleister Crowley taught magick in "La Chambre Des Cauchemars," his "Chamber of Nightmares."

A take-out restaurant that only serves cuisine from countries with which the United States is in conflict.

This former insane asylum now holds a pathological anatomy museum.

A unique waterfall that some believe attracts the fairfolk.