Places Edited by Martin

The remains of a century-old mansion that met a fiery demise years after it was deserted.

This tiny 1930s Art Deco airport is a beautiful remnant of a bygone era.

The fungus-shaped vintage gas station has served multiple purposes over its lifetime, and now serves ice cream.

An Industrial Revolution-era public work that purified water using nothing but sand.

Chicago's Navy Pier on Lake Michigan was a training hub for aircraft carrier pilots during WWII.

The bells remain in a shattered heap exactly as they fell when the church was bombed in World War II.

In the woods of New Jersey lie the ruins of a munitions village abandoned after World War I and the remnants of a 1920s wooden racetrack.

Small teepee-like houses built for TB patients have become sheds, studios, and bus stops around Colorado Springs.

The bones of some 7,000 soldiers killed in the historic Battle of Solferino are stored here.

A single artist is behind these large-scale models made of hundreds of thousands of two-inch wooden matchsticks.

Where the U.S. government kept its actual treasure, before Fort Knox.

This jewel of an engine is one of Northern England's finest surviving legacies of the Industrial Revolution, even catching the eye of Henry Ford.

This space age health spa looks like a supervillain's lair.

In the town of Åtvidaberg, the midday sun sets off a loud cannon boom.

This lake in the Cascades lives up to its name, disappearing down a hole every spring.

An otherworldly restaurant perched on the edge of a jagged cliff next to a medieval holy city.

Giant origami sculptures tucked into desert scenery beckon passers-by to explore further.

The traditional Polish croissant, folded 81 times into the shape of a horseshoe, is a legally protected cultural treat.

An abandoned Nazi explosives plant founded by the inventor of dynamite is now an underground museum.

Double spiral staircases are not unheard of, but they are very rare.

An ancient and majestic fortress that played an integral role in Portugal's road to independence.

At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.