Places Edited by Eric Grundhauser

Earth's tallest volcano is sacred to Native Hawaiians, and home to a dozen world-class observatories.

The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

Think you have a tough job? Try carrying 200 kilos through a cloud of sulfur down the side of a volcano.

The world's largest model of our planetary system.

An 80-year-old house built out of newspapers.

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

The world's highest and most dangerous infinity pool lies at the precipice of Victoria Falls.

An amazing collection of wax anatomical models and terratological models.

Fire meets ice at the southernmost volcano on Earth.

The world's largest neutrino telescope searches for secrets of the universe at the South Pole.

Research missiles and rainbow auroras at the world's largest land-based rocket range.

Catalonia Tradition: Beating the hollow Christmas log until it defecates in your fireplace.

There is an art, a science, and certainly a responsibility to occupying the Big Red Chair, and this is where it's learned.

A fantastic Christmas tradition where defecation meets the manger.

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

A Saint Nicholas-themed ghost town in the Mojave desert.

A trading post in the North Pole where children send letters.

World's largest Christmas store.

Costumed elves and mountain bikers co-exist peacefully at this abandoned Christmas-themed adventure park.

A small Japanese village claims to be the final resting place of the son of God (and God's other son's ear).

This pair of small sea rocks has been "wed" using rope and ancient Shinto tradition.

An old vending machine serves up unpredictable beverages from its seemingly magical insides.

Graffiti, cars, and religion combine to create this jungle of scrap in the Nevada desert.