Places Edited by Eric Grundhauser

Legend has it that not even Stalin could pull down the 2015 European Tree of the Year.

The signs of a long buried road can still be found hidden beneath a London sewer grate.

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

This historic Rhode Island mini-cemetery features a number of headstones run through with mysterious holes.

This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.

This stoic, if derpy, giant stands as a monument to Oregon's statehood and the novelty culture of yesteryear.

Croatia's towering concrete blossom grows from the site of a World War II concentration camp.

Despite his legacy of work in Spain, Cuba, and Florida, the larger-than-life writer's grave is a simple affair tucked in an Idaho cemetery.

This dramatic rail curve was once the target of a failed Nazi attack.

An Indian forest is being single-handedly planted after its creator was inspired by a slither of dead snakes.

The last of the 19th-century booze-free bars has been slinging teetotal tonics for over a century.

Don't be a grizzly man. Get personal with Alaska's wild bears from the safety of this conservationist camp.

An alleyway plaque is all that remains of the independent Texas' envoy that forgot to pay their rent for over a century.

This historic Idaho island is home to a strange timeshare museum, a homemade mini-golf course, and an outhouse named Aunt Fanny.

This Seattle curio shop collects and sells haunted items in order to spread wonder one grim artifact at a time.

This Belgian palace was long the domain of priests and aristocrats but is now being turned into an art commune.

The mysterious "Candelabra of the Andes" could represent anything from a god's trident to a hallucinogenic plant.

This former football stadium seems almost abandoned but is still in use by the next generation of Scottish sports stars.

Madrid's romantically ornate crystal palace has been offering shelter to plants and art for over a century.

This abandoned railroad tunnel is now home to a micro-colony of bats and a ghost train.

The floorboard scrawling of a tragic madman is on public display outside a Paris hospital, much to the dismay of its opponents.

A stretch of New Hampshire lake water is the only ice runway in the lower 48 states that is FAA-approved.

The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.

This semi-secret storybook hedge maze is also the oldest garden in the city.