Places Edited by Eric Grundhauser

A Dutch clog company in the town of Zaandam loves the wooden shoes so much it made a museum for them.

This picturesque island graveyard is the final resting place of dozens of notorious pirates.

A lively annual event in which thousands of people race to push coffins heavy with bodies up a hill.

This donated headstone marks the grave of a pair of elderly women who were mysteriously murdered.

This surreal memorial/cemetery is a necropolis of crumbling stonework and puzzle-shaped headstones.

This historic cemetery was inaccessible for several years due to dozens of land mines.

A walkable map of the world, made from soil and stone by one man.

A gas station has taken the place of the home of the 19th American President.

This haunting ghost ship stands beached in the waters off the coast of the Falkland Islands.

This unique railroad museum secretly contains the history of Poland rebuilding itself from the inside-out.

The ruins of a once prosperous power station have become a mouldering seaside gem.

This log cabin gallery is one man's gnarly, hand-carved tribute to his favorite trees.

This cubist Vienna church building looks like some sort of alien stonehenge.

Over two centuries old and counting, Madrid's massive botanical garden contains one of Europe's only desert environments.

This Corsican Neolithic site is full of pre-Roman megalithic structures that may or may not be penises.

The southernmost Anglican cathedral in the world has whale bones standing in its yard.

The oldest building in Vancouver's Chinatown is now home to one of Canada’s largest contemporary art collections.

This historic recreationist school churns out warriors that may very well have had a fighting chance in Rome's pits of the day.

This Dutch-styled residential building was originally a cocoa company's World's Fair showpiece.

This giant roadside goose has been hailing travelers into a small Ontario town for over 50 years.

This fairy-tale castle would make Dracula (who is said to have been imprisoned there) jealous.

This historic headstone is said to mark the final resting place of a doubly-dead white witch.

A sparkling sandstone cliffside that's worth a visit while it still exists.

This noble mash-up in eastern Luxembourg is part Medieval, part Renaissance, all castle.