Places Edited by Eric Grundhauser

This small Brazilian museum honors the work of a German biologist who studied the jungles for decades.

This church devoted to Mexico's "dead saint" is a festive celebration of a formerly hidden religious figure.

This small New York museum celebrates the mountainous artwork of a Russian mystic.

No matter what it might seem like on film, most scenes filmed on a plane are filmed at this LA studio.

Cave where bat-eating snakes hang down from the ceiling.

From toys to kettles to scientific instruments, this German museum celebrates the beauty of 20th century design.

This odd little museum holds exhibits on everything from blacksmith equipment to hair jewelry.

Remnants of an exploded schooner and wrecked submarines form a breakwater.

In ancient times, these fallen standing stones supported a massive house.

This beautifully historic Bahrain fortress might not be the most popular attraction around, but that might make it all the better.

This small Estonian hill is covered in hand-made twig crosses that are said to bring good luck.

Bright, rebellious indigenous murals dating back to the Spanish Conquest inexplicably cover the walls of this Catholic church.

This skewed English house has looked like it's going to fall over for centuries.

The childhood home of one of America's greatest unsung troubadours still stands in a much changed Brooklyn neighborhood.

This precariously balanced boulder is said to be a hunk of stolen butter dropped by the gods.

"Portugal's Stonehenge" is made up of nut-like stones aligned with the heavens.

A mega theme park-wax museum mélange containing all things biblical.

This surreal art house looks like a geometric version of a small chapel.

This hobbit-y little hot spring may be the oldest spring used by humans in all of Iceland.

According to the local folklore, the myriad colors of this lake are the result of a lovelorn wizard's blunder.

This Danish park has celebrated the American independence day since 1912.

The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.

This southwest-styled home in Santa Fe claims to be the oldest house in America thanks to an ancient bit of foundation.

This old-fashioned carhop restaurant gave the world the waffle cone.