Places Edited by Eric Grundhauser

Like something out of a bad acid trip, this Ukraine hallway has been covered in hallucinatory phantasmagoria.

The spiral staircase hidden inside this giant Parisian column was likely built for Catherine de Medici's astrologer.

Literally a million fascinating cartographic artifacts are held in this sprawling university collection.

From Nunavut to Tierra del Fuego, you won't find any lighthouse higher than this one.

Wax models of disease and deformity are on display at this German medical museum.

The Goose Girl of Göttingen, Germany might well be the most kissed girl in the world.

These cinderblock farmhouses were actually World War II radar stations in disguise.

Explore an early California pioneer's rancho hidden in LA's manufacturing hinterland.

Supposedly this Ethiopian chapel holds the Ark of the Covenant, guarded by virgins who cannot leave the building.

If they push on just the right spot, even the weakest person can move this titanic boulder.

Yes, this monument is aware that it is about 20 miles away from the actual center of the United States.

A sudden, striking cluster of hills south of Padua has been attracting visitors for centuries.

Just a few miles from downtown Atlanta is a trail covered in a crazy collection of outsider art.

The rust covering this old mine's abandoned buildings matches the red pigment it once produced.

An ominous concrete cube cuts a dystopian silhouette atop this California mountain.

This forgotten graveyard in rural New York State once served a pioneering hospital.

The largest natural travertine bridge in the world is nestled in a small canyon in central Arizona.

Dothan, Alabama has been invaded by scores of anthropomorphic peanuts.

HFH's slum simulation is either a noble recreation of poverty or a cringeworthy attempt at same.

A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.

Railways may have forged this quintet of lovely tunnels, but now they are open to hikers.

From mining complex to industrial exhibition, this museum once played a major part in the X-Files.

The original Garfield station is the oldest station facility on the "L", with the station house dating from 1892.

Reforestation in action is the main attraction in this abandoned quarry.