Places Edited by Eric Grundhauser

In the midst of a living monument to Soviet social engineering, Polish Catholics built this church by hand.

This sandstone gorge in New York State's Adirondack Mountains is home to waterfalls, flumes, and more.

Former military fort and site of untold horrors during WWII, this island may become the Adriatic's next luxury resort.

Surreal works of unreal stone and metal dot the landscape of this Latvian art park.

Bits of architecture from a town destroyed in World War I now decorate this hotel garden.

After 11 years of reconstruction work, Slovakia's finest hilltop chapel complex is finally reopen to the public.

Hidden just under the waters around this Turkish island are the ruins of a once great city.

Now a memorial, this factory was once used as a concentration camp for artists by the Vichy government.

Georges Seurat’s pointillist masterpiece has been recreated in Ohio in topiary form.

This Nebraska museum was once the smallest courthouse in America.

A marble Lucifer hides behind the pulpit of this Gothic cathedral.

Go inside the house that inspired L. M. Montgomery to create one of literature's most beloved heroines.

Communism's topsy-turvy effect on Poland has been brought to life in this wacky tourist trap.

Thanks to this small string of islands World War II still hasn't officially ended between Russia and Japan.

One of the great treasures of Neolithic art lies within this carefully constructed pile of rocks.

Napoleon's childhood home is now open for people to explore the beginnings of France's short general.

What began with a single, 357-pound chunk of the Canyon Diablo meteorite grew to be an impressive collection. 

The haunting concrete remains of a Nazi pebble crusher can still be found in this small French commune.

Rusting away on the edge of New Jersey are the remains of a Cold War missile launch site.

Entombed in this strange, white stone hill are the deadly remains of radioactive weapons production.

This elaborate hole in the ground was built as a sacred site for an ancient civilization.

This shrine to the patron saint of Alaska sits on a small tidal island and was built from the land’s own beach stones.

This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.

Stalin's prisoner-built rail line sits in ruin, never having a single car ride its tracks.