Places Edited by Martin

Standing proud atop a Turkish bluff, this Ottoman palace has retained its grandeur despite being abandoned for centuries.

Try not to get lost in this picturesque Brazilian labyrinth of the dead.

The haunting peak of an old church is all that remains of a drowned Brazilian city.

This historic folk art garden contains a nightmare tower that claims to be the world's largest concrete totem pole.

A small museum in this border city displays the contraband art that has been stolen back from smugglers.

Riding on a pair of architectural dragons, this Thailand temple holds murals full of lurid imagery.

One of São Paulo's tight urban intersections has become a haven for graffiti artists ever since a single Batman started the trend.

Train debris from the deadliest avalanche in United States history can still be found in the ravine where so many perished.

Poland's oldest surviving university building holds a wealth of historic science instruments including some used by Copernicus.

Pirates had to be ousted from the land where this now ruined Louisiana fortress was built.

This empty Victorian manse on Staten Island is said to be haunted but is actually a real life crime scene.

This highway overpass was named after the tragic disappearance of a young mother who got mixed up with the wrong people.

The largest bell in the world has been swinging high above a Cologne cathedral for almost a century.

The abandoned husk of a mental institution that failed to save a Jazz Age icon still sits nearly unchanged.

This electric green sulphur lake in New Zealand looks like a cartoonish radioactive dump site.

The largest clock face in the United States is twice the size of Big Ben and infinitely more ad-sponsored.

Sitting in the basement of a castle, the largest wine barrel in the world is bigger than most apartments.

This Queens hospital has stood abandoned for almost 20 years after its patients were secretly relocated in the dead of night.

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

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.

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

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

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