Places Edited by Eric Grundhauser

One of Canada's most incredible rare book collections holds hundreds of thousands of gorgeous tomes that the general public can touch.

The highest peak in all of England is plagued by dangerously fickle climate shifts.

This golden temple is surrounded by hundreds of stone tablets that comprise the "world's largest book."

A crumbling stone stable and carriage house are all that remain of a manse that was once filled with Egyptian artifacts.

A massive explosion that leveled hundreds of buildings in the city of Leiden is remembered by a waterside plaque.

America's second-oldest brick baseball stadium was home to a legendary WWII series that only sailors got to see.

The highest peak in Wales is said to be the final resting place of a giant killed by King Arthur.

In Paris, Texas they have their own Eiffel Tower, it just has a cowboy hat on it.

The shipyards along the outskirts of the Bangladesh capital are a flurry dangerous boat breaking and rebuilding.

Oxford University's stateliest library seems designed to make students truly feel the weight of knowledge.

The tallest waterfall in the Netherlands is a lovely, stepped feature that is only 50 feet tall.

This abandoned Olympic skiing facility still bears the scars of the Siege of Sarajevo.

This automated sculpture of two men peeing will spell out text messages with their micturition.

The so-called "Bridge of Thighs" in Palm Springs allows nudists to discreetly cross the road.

A Lovecraftian altar of nightmarish bronze chairs sits ominously on a boardwalk in Puerto Vallarta.

This Slovakian statue of an emerging sewer worker might just be a bronze peeping tom.

Happen to come across a dead eagle? Send it to America's official dead eagle warehouse.

At 135 years old and counting, this historic print shop is heaven for poster nerds and music buffs.

These ruined Incan mausoleum towers still bear carvings of sacred animals on their blocks.

This Austrian museum celebrates the work of famous forgers and their inimitable imitations.

Once a prosperous mining village, this tiny Taiwanese town is now overrun with cute cats.

Hikers can still stroll beneath the long conveyer of this abandoned mining facility hidden in a West Virginia river gorge.

The world's largest collection of mechanical puzzles is a cornucopia of analog bafflers.

A simple midtown bar was once the home of a secretive and exclusive club staffed by "bunnies" under Hefner's strict rules.