Places Edited by Eric Grundhauser

A crumbling World War I fort that is reached through a series of concrete tunnels.

The site of one of the largest prison escapes of World War II.

This impressive scene portrays the elusive forest giraffe of Central Africa.

These picturesque structures speckle the hill above the monastery.

The largest park in Lviv is surrounded by a network of disused rail tracks.

These decaying bridges 1,000 feet high are a reminder of the skill it took to cross the Colorado Rockies by rail.

This memorial honors thousands of enslaved Africans and their descendants who died in colonial New York.

A beloved local artist has been honored with this statue of a man emerging from a toilet.

This old train trestle and collapsed tunnel once allowed the railroad to negotiate the steep slopes of the Colorado Rockies.

What appears to be a wizard's lair in Milwaukee actually houses a massive water pipe.

The most northern place on the mainland of Great Britain.

This scrap yard doubles as a naive art gallery full of found art and farm animals.

This Art Deco service station has been providing tune-ups and turning heads for close to a century.

A marine aquarium with an astounding variety of fish hides in the basement beneath the famous Palm House.

This kitschy curio wonderland is full of fake animals, teak tables, and a cacophony of random bric-a-brac.

One of the largest Buddhist communities in the West sits on the site of an old hospital.

The innocent intentions of this monument are somewhat lost in the sculpture's muscled imagery.

One Pittsburgh musician's decades-in-the-making memorabilia collection is on display at this rock-n-roll curio shop.

The world's only statue dedicated to the greatest Great Dane in comic strip history.

A classic mystery spot complete with spots that are said to make you shrink or grow when you stand on them.

Florence’s mother built a stairway down to her daughter’s coffin so she could comfort her during storms.

This Japanese Manneken Pis gets new outfits for every occasion.

The largest masonic lodge in Cuba.

Long before wi-fi, this public seat provided the wonder of being online while outdoors.