Places Edited by Eric Grundhauser

One of New York's most iconic authors is strangely honored by this Oklahoma park.

These ominous lava formations were said to be an entrance to the netherworld so of course they inspired a famous metal band.

A Borgesian work of art that may blur the line between fiction and reality a little too convincingly.

A haunting, yet lovingly hand-hewn potters' field full of graves that flood with each heavy rain.

The world's tallest doric column is this Ohio monument to a naval victory in the War of 1812.

This landmark of the Chicago silent film industry may not be in the picture business anymore but it still stands proudly.

The last bastion of Roman presence north of the Alps looms over a German town.

This volcanic cave lake is essentially hard proof that Iceland is the most magical place on Earth.

This Scottish burial tomb once held hundreds of ancient eagle bones.

Once the nail factory shut its doors, this Swedish factory town was abandoned, leaving behind a modern ghost town.

A grotto replicating one of the world's most famed Marian apparitions sits across the ocean from the original.

This odd California folly seems like it was almost designed to accumulate urban legends.

This stunning Connecticut mansion is actually just a one-room-deep hoax.

The highest monastery in the world operates a tiny guesthouse with doors open to all.

One of the largest free-standing structures ever built, this dirigible hangar is now simply a giant skeleton.

The childhood home of Henry Jones Jr. is now an adventure-themed bed and breakfast.

To honor a beloved Austin radio DJ a neighborhood bridge has been covered in a loving mosaic.

The grandest stage for the world's foremost masters of invisible instruments.

This secret cemetery where no flag is allowed to fly holds the bodies of American soldiers convicted of heinous crimes during WWII.

This tiny museum kept in a B&B laundry room holds the death mask of notorious bank robber Pretty Boy Floyd.

This abandoned Slovenian military barracks has become a punky-political art squat.

This tiny church near Sleepy Hollow contains Henri Matisse's last work, a rose window, and nine windows by Marc Chagall.

The site of a devastating modern-day mud volcano eruption that buried parts of a village.

Pull up and have a drink at a museum filled with hundreds of years' worth of shipwreck artifacts.