Places Edited by Eric Grundhauser

This small glass cube is a peaceful out-of-the-way sanctuary at the busy airport.

The bombed out remains of the old church were kept intact next to the new one, as a reminder of the futility of war.

After the parade, students throw their beads on the tree hoping for good luck on exams.

One of the world’s largest living advertisements is made out of pine trees.

Inky sludge oozes to the surface of this beach thanks to a rare natural tar seep.

This whimsical winery by Antoni Gaudí looks ripped from the pages of a fairytale.

The final resting place of the famed German pilot, the "Red Baron."

One of the largest artillery pieces in the world sits in a Washington D.C. parking lot.

Where pardoned turkeys once spent their all-too-brief final days.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

The Netherlands is home to a bridge printed out of reinforced concrete.

The U.S. Navy’s preposterously detailed mini battleship took 77,000 hours to complete.

Pay homage to a mysterious feline artifact outside of this Florida museum.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

This observatory high on a hilltop in the center of Santiago got its start in 1852.

An English explorer's vast natural history collection has the first realistic dioramas of animals staged in their natural habitats.

This giant, 83-year-old ship elevator is an engineering feat to behold.

Eight naturally mummified bodies in glass coffins are housed in an underground crypt.

A perfect replica of the beloved show's first set.

The only National Monument ever to go missing for nearly 50 years then resurface in a dump.

The largest guitar store in the world has been visited by some of music's all-time greats passing through upstate New York.

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.

Two hundred tons of pioneer artifacts were painstakingly recovered from a shipwreck at the bottom of the Missouri River.

Inside this small brick bungalow is a collection of toys intended for the afterlife.