Places Edited by Eric Grundhauser

These locks on North America’s oldest canal are named after a porcine rock formation.

This stunning concert hall has become a symbol of Iceland's national recovery.

This historic toy museum brings a little whimsy to a city not usually remembered for such things.

Located in the thermoelectric factory that once powered the entire city, this Portuguese museum is shockingly fascinating.

The world's longest covered bridge is a quaint and incredible wooden tunnel.

This 16th-century monastery has been turned into a surrealist architecture compound.

This Vietnamese hell cave lets visitors take a walk through a devilish underworld full of demons.

The remains of a community that was forced to move for a dam that never materialized still rot in this Pennsylvania park.

This 40-foot fowl marks the so-called "wild goose capital of the world."

A beautifully detailed Victorian house designed to be easy to flee, built by a man haunted by fire.

This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.

This lakeside tower is the third attempt at getting a tourist destination to stick on the spot.

12th-century holy complex shares land with a natural park full of heavenly waterfalls and raptors.

This Scottish manor house is a lush relic from the life of a literary great.

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

Each year, Germany's "City of Dragons" slays the world's largest walking robot.

This massive Trojan ursine was built to be a new tourist symbol for a small Swedish town.

What remains of the summer palace of King Kamehameha III.

This state park was once an important Native American cermonial center.

A storefront museum in Asbury Park honoring the Jersey Shore’s deep history of mystery—including the Jersey Devil.

This is why we can't have nice things on the Incan Trail.

This mysterious Sardinian festival sees a horde of blank-faced equestrians compete for tin stars.

This historic stone gate tower is now just a lonely relic in the middle of a swamp.

This sprawling museum holds one man's giant collection of real tanks.