Places Edited by Eric Grundhauser

An oil baron's wild paradise and the winner of an ill-fated air race.

A tree bears footwear on the loneliest road in America.

A unusual sanctuary for abused and exotic animals in South Jersey.

Famous for its bio-luminescent inhabitants, known as "dismalites."

Bizarrely shaped rock formations in northwest Bulgaria come with equally bizarre legends.

Place with alleged mystical powers in Old Orthodox Church in Sarajevo.

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

A preserved oak tree about 3,500 years old found in Riga, Latvia.

Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.

19th century tunnels burrowed under Liverpool.

A curious collection of mechanical moving figures.

The beauty of urban decay, hiding some dark secrets.

This miniature Paris, built out of trash, is one man's two decade labor of love.

Used as an example in one of the first dictionary entries for "museum" in 1706.

An old department store turned Nazi prison turned artist commune.

Scale replica of China's ancient terracotta tomb warriors and Forbidden City are the side project of an eccentric millionaire.

An abandoned settlement originally established by British colonialists in the Andaman archipelago.

A failed, un-built suburb that has been going feral for decades.

Open for a weekend once a year around October it houses a fascinating collection of unique Victorian preserved and stuffed animals.

A very big rock just plopped down in the New England woods.

150-year-old satirical tableaus made from stuffed frogs.

A bedazzled house and crown "jewel" of outsider artist Loy Allen Bowlin.

Built during the Scottish boom in the oil industry, the village was never inhabited.

Ancient Egyptian wigs, South American feather headdresses, a bounty of anthropological artifacts in Oxford.