Places Edited by Eric Grundhauser

In the best of all possible worlds, everyone will get a chance to see this statue in which Voltaire's heart is interred.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

Rusting railcars and locomotive equipment fill this Ethiopian train graveyard.

Marvel at this turn-of-the-century masterpiece that has been turned into a rather stately supermarket.

This museum of Hawaiian and Polynesian culture is the legacy of the last descendant of the Kamehameha Dynasty.

Balanced on four stone pillars, this historic tower was the site of a tragic political assassination.

Kitschy horror displays now fill the house where some very real serial killing took place.

A monument to Lenin has been transformed into a statue of everyone's favorite black-helmeted, fool-choking Sith Lord.

This Quebec estate is home to the elaborate gardens of a self-taught horticulturist.

This quaint New Jersey graveyard is an eternal resting place for thousands of beloved pets.

This Queens beer hall preserves a German culture and language that is all but lost.

Raging waters have created a strange geological site that looks like something off of a progressive rock album cover.

A collection of crumbling mansions stand as a reminder of a more prosperous time in this Indian village.

This Irish museum in a historic 19th century market pays tribute to the glory of butter.

One architect's organic, human-centric design has been fully realized in this alien art house.

One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.

Some of the earliest burial grounds of New York State are to be found hidden away in this quaint town.

Orr Park's dead trees have been carved into a menagerie of whimsical visages.

Beneath Kraków Old Town's main square lies a hologram-filled medieval market vampire graveyard wonderland.

This graveyard is the eternal home of the residents of a vanished California town.

The man who gave his name to magnetic measurement is buried in the city where he did his best work.

Once a place of peaceful repose, this sanitarium now faces an uncertain future.

Hand-crafted tributes to a stray cat named "Room 8" now cover this LA elementary school.

Did Gustav Eiffel design this enigmatic metal building?