Places Edited by Eric Grundhauser

It's always summer at the beach inside this former airship hangar.

This ornate mosque is said to hold the remains of Muhammad's granddaughter beneath its dome of pure gold.

Possibly the oldest of Britain's ancient henges is also one of its most stark.

One of Australia's largest collections of preserved animals is on display in a historic theater.

This historic New Orleans cemetery is the final resting place of members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

This Virginia railway overpass is said to be haunted by a serial killer in a rabbit costume.

One of Cincinnati's greatest fighters once trained at a now defunct gym in this Over-The-Rhine neighborhood.

Despite being pillaged and destroyed a number over times down the centuries, this historic church still sort of stands.

The largest coin pyramid in the world is a carefully balanced stack of over 1,000,000 pieces.

The oldest Methodist church in the United States has been spreading the good news for over two centuries.

The official atomic museum of the United States explores the explosive and productive history of a much maligned energy source.

This tall Massachusetts folly got its name thanks to all of the purple prose its vistas inspired.

In a city crazy for seashells this museum educates and amazes visitors using the wonder of cast-off exoskeletons.

Two very green residential towers cleaning the air in one of Europe's most polluted cities.

This abandoned prison castle has become an imposing gallery of graffiti art.

Unlike other abandoned asylums this empty institution welcomes visitors, just don't go in the buildings.

The final resting place of one of the most sensational guitar players of all time was created only after his father got the rights to his music.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

This ancient mountain monastery welcomes all manner of faith in an effort to keep Christians in Syria.

This trio of Dominican cave lakes comprise a colorful biosphere of natural life.

This crocodile-infested Timor-Leste reservoir is also home to a spectacular half-sunken forest.

Boats must transform into railroad cars to navigate this Polish canal.

An abandoned subway tunnel that could have reinvigorated Staten Island still lies somewhere beneath this Brooklyn park.

This grim museum collects artifacts and evidence of some of the most sensational antipodean crimes.