Places Edited by Eric Grundhauser

A stray meteor left this picturesque hole in the Australian outback.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

This weekly market in the remote oasis city of Hotan still has the atmosphere of the old Silk Road.

A small obelisk marks the spot where Captain Sam Greele was killed by a falling tree.

These ruins in Volvi were once at the intersection of the Eastern and Western Worlds.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

This pair of Australian "waterfalls" appear to be falling straight across the land.

The holes in the world's longest golf course are in a series of different towns.

This striking, two-toned confluence of rivers is visible from space.

If all members were present at the table, a sixth of the world's wealth would be under the same roof.

This abandoned factory on the Hudson River once churned out a million bricks a week.

This Danish castle is supposedly haunted by a woman too independent to not be a witch.

This historic building provides a powerful glimpse into the lives of Japanese Americans forced to relocate during World War II.

The first purpose-built art gallery in the United States is once again open as a center of craft arts.

These World War I shooting range tunnels are now haunted halls of underground graffiti accessed through the roots of a tree.

This abandoned Antarctic research station is a Soviet ghost frozen in time.

Feed it cash, get your very own gold bar.

Southern Ocean waters and glacial forces transform the Antarctic ice into these stunning bridges and caves.

Georgia's first brewery is also one of its oldest surviving buildings.

This Maine bridge may be the last wire-supported bridge of its type in the world.

Devious political maneuvering and four ancient, working telescopes are central to the world's second-oldest observatory.

This crumbling folly looks like an enchanted left over from Middle Earth.

At Washington's Dulles Airport is a satellite museum (no pun intended) with three quarters of a million square feet of aircraft history.

If you’ve ever seen a picture of Machu Picchu, then you’ve seen a picture of Huayna Picchu—you just didn’t realize it.