Places Edited by Eric Grundhauser

Once America's longest-manned military fort, now an abandoned hulk.

Rather than a run-of-the-mill franchise hotel, this lodging has been decked out in dinosaur decor.

Held in a fort that once stood for colonization of the area, this museum now tells the history of its indigenous people.

On a college campus in the Oklahoma panhandle a museum honors the last piece of the contiguous United States to be classified as No Man's Land.

Despite producing just a handful of movies, a brave and lyrical filmmaker has an entire museum dedicated to him.

A Japanese corporation has turned this small island town into living modern art gallery.

This abandoned fort is said to be the most haunted place in India, so much so that entry is prohibited after sunset.

A massive maritime collision may have led to the myth of a resort island's strange financial status.

This former quarry is now a vibrant labyrinth of magical in situ sculptures.

The world's only and thus largest collection of its kind celebrates everyday wonder through simple umbrella sheaths.

An abandoned cyanide mill is now a haunting magnet for graffiti and illegal parties.

The legacy of a Moroccan Jewish community is remembered at this little mouldering cemetery.

This abandoned Croatian stronghold never saw a great deal of conflict but it is still a beloved relic nonetheless.

A mythical garden that once grew the golden apples of wisdom is said to have existed in this ancient Moroccan city.

This angular Dwarven tunnel cuts through a mountainside in Glacier National Park.

One of the only cooperatively owned bars in the nation wears its eclectic history on its walls.

Built by a North Korean team this monument to African dictator Laurent Kabila has a suspiciously Kim Jong Il shaped body.

These two delightful animal-shaped buildings host a visitor center and wool shop.

A calico cat named Tama was the wildly popular Super Station Master at this train stop in southeast Japan.

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

A pagan tradition of draping trees with rags eerily lives on.

Possible relics of the ancient Roman city are hidden in this restaurant's façade.

The site where one of the most famous poems of World War I was composed is preserved to honor the legacy of the work.

This abandoned Belgian fortress is purposefully being left to nature.