Places Edited by Eric Grundhauser

World's largest magnetic research facility.

Queen of the waterlilies, so big and strong it can support the weight of a human.

The tower was originally used as a chimney for the waste incinerator of St Johns Precinct and Market.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.

Marvel of green building techniques that sings with the wind.

Site of an escape, ten murders, and some scalpings.

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

Over 3km of caverns and caves at the Switzerland-France border contain the largest underground river in Central Europe.

Blackfoot petroglyphs of southern Alberta which date back as far as 7000 B.C.

The infamous Boston Mob ran rackets from an office here in the 1970s.

Shelves covered in dozens of coffee bean varieties fill this North End institution.

Ancient paintings known as the "Sistine Chapel of Cave Art."

The oldest wind turbine in Europe, constructed by a group of friends in 1932.

Transmission tower outfitted with large crossbars that dampen wind-induced oscillations.

Combination beer garden and music venue in the heart of Wicker Park.

Parking lot where a Chicago mayor was inaugurated under very sketchy circumstances.

Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.

Perfect your fly fishing technique on their practice ponds.

A famous alternative culture epicenter and where Joplin serenaded young hippies.

World's largest working waterwheel has been around for over 150 years.

An Archaeological Wonder of Peru, and the largest stone ruin site in the New World.

White llama terraces dazzle in Peru's "other Machu Picchu."

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.