Places Edited by Eric Grundhauser

This fantastical house shaped like a seashell brings aquatic design to architecture.

A prohibition-style speakeasy takes up residence in the last Victorian residence in Hollywood.

Delve into a wealth of oddities, antiques, and taxidermy treasures.

A madman's personal garden filled with 1,000 sculpted heads.

A carousel trades in its classic horses and calliope for endangered species, native flora and fauna, and a modern soundtrack.

This quirky countryside store is known for the goats that hang out and eat the grass on its roof.

A mailbox that saved a nature reserve.

Ruins of a Carnegie family mansion on Cumberland Island.

Azerbaijani ghost town, decaying after a war left it an armed forces buffer zone.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

The world's oldest surviving music hall was also once a freakshow.

Enjoy an overnight at an old haunted B&B site of the Borden family murders.

This outsider art house has gone from clinical creation to astounding artwork.

A curious sculpture garden and museum in Cochrane, Wisconsin.

Site of a classic 19th-century physics experiment to prove the earth is rotating.

A bizarre sculpture garden in the south of France.

This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.

Remnants of the most densely packed city in world history, that thrived on anarchy for 30 years.

An eclectic trailer park retreat in the middle of the California desert.

An abused and forgotten metropolis, abandoned for centuries.

Vast network of air raid tunnels beneath Lombardy's capital.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

This city square is home to Amsterdam's oldest church and a statue honoring Dutch sex workers.