Places Edited by Martin

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

The 1936 Summer Olympics site is a crumbling remnant of sportsmanship and a history its host country would like to forget.

This deadly little sliver of beach has seen hundreds of whales beach themselves over the years.

A flooded Mexican cave that hides a river beneath the water.

A submerged village appears when dam levels drop.

An ancient city exhumed from the depths of the ocean.

A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.

Nature took her revenge on the "Wickedest City in the World."

Vortex-shaped aquarium hosts Europe's largest school of piranhas and other ocean creatures.

One of the most accessible undersea plane wrecks in the world.

Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.

The homestead of American patriot John Adams.

The mass grave of a heroic Revolutionary War regiment sits below an empty lot near the Gowanus Canal.

Thirteen trees representing the original thirteen colonies were planted with soil from historic Revolutionary battlefields.

The humble fort that saved Washington.

Parking garage where Bob Woodward met Watergate source "Deep Throat."

"There's nothing there," and other lies the KGB told us.

Home to secret Eastern Bloc spy equipment and the largest stretch of the original Berlin Wall outside of Germany.

Britain's answer to the NSA is based out of this deliciously-named circular headquarters.

These termites have an large and deadly abode—impressive by day, dazzling by night.

Hidden beyond a kitschy giant beetle is this remarkably sprawling collection of preserved insects.

The "original web site," this farm in Northern Vermont encourages orb-weaver spiders to build their daily webs, and then sells the preserved masterpieces.

These millipedes glow not out of attraction, but as a not-too-subtle warning.

Swarms of dainty flying insects swarm into the Petaloudes Valley to get busy.