Places Edited by Eric Grundhauser

G.V. Black, the Father of Modern Dentistry, keeps an eternal eye on Chicagoan’s teeth from his perch in Lincoln Park.

The ghost town where the villagers refuse to leave.

This former Imperial summer home was the venue for a royal slap that once echoed 'round the world.

The ruins of a Florida miracle spring resort make it seem like a wonder that this was ever a health spa.

A trio of giant wooden megaphones turn up nature's volume in this Estonian forest.

A stone copper was sculpted on the wall of the Carlisle Cathedral to honor a local hero.

This sandstone mansion was the home of two of Oregon's most important pioneers.

Once a menacing challenge for trailblazers, this trail is now the most scenic drive in Utah.

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

These Pre-Columbian petroglyphs contain representations of birds, deer, hunters, and even some early Native flute players.

The haunting remains of a failed housing development can still be found behind the big box stores that were to anchor them.

The world's largest occupied bat houses hold hundreds of thousands of flying mammals.

This colonial mansion has been home to a staggering number of American historic figures.

This Soviet-era athletic and recreation facility is the highest ice skating rink in the world.

Storied crypts fill the most famous cemetery in Colombia.

What almost started out as a spite house became an eccentric's found object masterpiece.

This Florida arena, once host to "the fastest game in the world," has sat empty for 25 years.

Each year this Japanese temple overflows with scowling, bearded good luck talismans.

These phallic stone spires once served as Tolkien's Paths of the Dead.

This small electronics museum is full of whirring, humming, clicking ephemera.

An alien landscape on the banks of the Aegean Sea.

This architecturally eclectic early-20th century mosque was built as a place of worship for the Islamic followers of a Jewish messiah.

The second largest waterfall by volume in the U.S., Willamette Falls is outdone only by Niagara in the amount of water that is pushed northward.

This piece of Australian modern art is part joke and part history.