Places Edited by Eric Grundhauser

One of the oldest restaurants in the Seychelles.

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

Standing proud atop a Turkish bluff, this Ottoman palace has retained its grandeur despite being abandoned for centuries.

Try not to get lost in this picturesque Brazilian labyrinth of the dead.

This historic folk art garden contains a nightmare tower that claims to be the world's largest concrete totem pole.

The haunting peak of an old church is all that remains of a drowned Brazilian city.

The history of German architecture is explored across this fairy-scale mini-city.

A small museum in this border city displays the contraband art that has been stolen back from smugglers.

This lovely little pond is named after the hundreds of soldiers' corpses that were rolled into the waters during the French-Indian War.

Riding on a pair of architectural dragons, this Thailand temple holds murals full of lurid imagery.

More than half of this Indian palace is drowned but it looks all the more spectacular for it.

This ceremonial Mexican square looks as though it belongs in a science fiction movie.

A colorful collection of scavenged glass bells decorates this Canadian ranch.

One of São Paulo's tight urban intersections has become a haven for graffiti artists ever since a single Batman started the trend.

Local lore claims this park is named after a young woman who jumped off a cliff.

This highway overpass was named after the tragic disappearance of a young mother who got mixed up with the wrong people.

Pirates had to be ousted from the land where this now ruined Louisiana fortress was built.

This former Masonic lodge has been transformed into part museum, part bar, all awesome.

This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.

The abandoned husk of a mental institution that failed to save a Jazz Age icon still sits nearly unchanged.

This mysterious petroglyph evokes the ancient swastika symbol but was later vandalized with the more troublesome Nazi one.

The largest clock face in the United States is twice the size of Big Ben and infinitely more ad-sponsored.

This Queens hospital has stood abandoned for almost 20 years after its patients were secretly relocated in the dead of night.

A floating McDonald's built for Expo '86 is now a derelict relic on Burrard Inlet.