Places Edited by Martin

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

The final resting place of one of the most sensational guitar players of all time was created only after his father got the rights to his music.

In a city crazy for seashells this museum educates and amazes visitors using the wonder of cast-off exoskeletons.

An abandoned subway tunnel that could have reinvigorated Staten Island still lies somewhere beneath this Brooklyn park.

Forget Hollywood, one of the biggest stars in the world can be found in Roanoke, Virginia.

This trio of Dominican cave lakes comprise a colorful biosphere of natural life.

This crocodile-infested Timor-Leste reservoir is also home to a spectacular half-sunken forest.

An overgrown collection of miniature buildings still stand as evidence of one couple's obsession with The King.

Take a break from all the boring business of death at this funeral home mini-golf course.

A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.

A bygone village occupation lives on via this quaint public chalkboard.

This grim museum collects artifacts and evidence of some of the most sensational antipodean crimes.

Thanks to its heroic service during WWII this Soviet castle has been turned into a monument towered over by a brutalist titan.

Spinning silently in the lobby of an Art Deco masterwork is a massive vintage model of the Earth.

A closed London rail station created to cart away the dead still bears the marks of attempts to make it less morbid.

A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.

Housed in an old church, this hunting museum holds a collection of mythical bird-rabbit creatures.

This tiny Hawaiian island is slowly coming back to life after being bombed during naval training exercises.

An ancient Ethiopian cave church is endangered by the simple building of a road.

Tiring of digging out the door to this church for every service, it was eventually abandoned to the sands.

Created by a pair of artists, this former hotel was designed to provide a minimum of everything including comfort.

This quirky Korean eatery is built to resemble an equally quirky vintage camera.

A town filled with hot chocolate, dazzling lights, and lots of Christmas cheer.

The villagers of the coldest inhabited place on Earth adjust to unique challenges presented by day-to-day living.