Places Edited by Eric Grundhauser

Final palace complex of the last of 29 Kokand rulers.

Exact replica of the ancient monument, but much, much lighter.

San Francisco's first World's Fair, dedicated to the wonders of California.

Open day and night, a church with three pews and Bibles.

Four cars from the old system were once on display, but were removed in 2014.

Concrete spud looks like the North American Sebago.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

Colorful boxes placed over the dead are left to rot and crumble.

At five meters long, that is one big piece of foam poop.

A favorite haunt of dinosaur loving children and hallucinogen loving hippies alike.

This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

Apartment building was once posh playground to the Hollywood elite.

At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.

The best place in the park to test out your throwing arm.

San Francisco Bay's ghost town.

Former drug lord’s manor, now a theme park. Watch out for the hippos.

Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.

Most famous work of one of Frank Lloyd Wright's sons.

Where Elvis Presley received his first Army buzz cut.

Hundreds of caves once used to store grains and animal feed.

The World's Largest Bull.

This former mining town was named the most toxic town in America.

Hundreds of thousands of concrete bunkers crowd Albania long after the fall of Communism.