Places Edited by Martin

A progressive LGBTQ hub offers dancing, HIV testing, art, and more.

A pink cottage covered in hearts served as a haven and a resting place for LGBTQ activists.

An extravagant western hotel where every floor is the "ground floor."

No one knows who's responsible for decorating this tunnel with stuffed animals, but the people love it enough to protest their removal.

A remnant from the golden age of aviation still in use today, Pan Am's Clipper service took off from this Art Deco gem.

A lovers' beach, tucked below the surface of the island, provides a safe haven for romance.

Italian poet Dante Alighieri is entombed in this small mausoleum in Ravenna, and his hometown of Florence has never been too happy about it.

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

This might just be the TARDIS of bookstores.

Located in the thermoelectric factory that once powered the entire city, this Portuguese museum is shockingly fascinating.

The oldest restaurant in the world is this old-world Spanish eatery, still known for its suckling pig.

Disused seaplane hangar gets a second life as the jaw-dropping home of Estonia's museum of maritime history.

A winding, cliffside stretch of road overlooking the Delaware River.

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

This huge ship ran aground and has simply been left to sit there ever since.

This famed marionette theater and museum is bursting with imaginative string puppets.

This Industrial Age architectural and engineering gem helps visitors and residents alike traverse Lisbon, “The City of Seven Hills.”

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

Think you have a tough job? Try carrying 200 kilos through a cloud of sulfur down the side of a volcano.

A French-Colonial era collection of taxidermy and wet specimens, secreted away in the National University of Hanoi.

An auroral research program that superheats the ionosphere.

A Saint Nicholas-themed ghost town in the Mojave desert.

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.