Places Edited by Eric Grundhauser

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.

A miniature city, once ruled by the Queen of the Netherlands.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.

Stone age urban planning.

Giant acorn-shaped 19th century gazebo from which suburban Washingtonians gazed upon the original "silver" spring.

Home of the Large Hadron Collider and the birthplace of the World Wide Web.

This communist country can still appreciate its fragrant past.

Victorian "Fancy Craft" Hair Wreaths and Relics.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

A monster in the plant world, up to 10 feet tall and smelling of death.

Curios, scientific antiques, oddities for sale.

One car at a time please.

A Nesting Doll of Churches.

A restaurant and observation deck built in a unique broadcasting antenna.

Amazing meticulous gardens of personal wood carvings, Hydrangea, Canna, and many other flowers.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

Cockroach Museum features roach celebrities and live hissing cockroaches.

Local history museum with mammoth bones and an old myth about local giants

A Natural History and Science Emporium.

The Mysterious Witch Bonney, a haunted statue in an old industrial city.