Places Edited by Martin

A colossal floating restaurant built to look like a ancient Chinese imperial palace.

This spacecraft-shaped water tower is only a part of the mysterious UFO mania in this Brazilian town.

Explore some of the most unique vehicles in history along with a cast of unsettling mannequins.

Hidden beneath a lake for decades, this brutalist mine has now emerged from beneath the receding waters.

The abandoned Japanese amusement park once loomed as a dystopian Disneyland.

This museum showcases the history and contributions of the U.S. Army to the medical industry, both on the battlefield and off.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.

The inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft's horror stories and Batman's Arkham Asylum is now a condominium complex.

This Italian pyramid is said to hold the mingled remains of the dead from both sides of the Battle of Novara.

Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.

A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.

The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death.

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House on Haunted Hill" to a robot hunter's pad.

For more than 40 years this Barnum-inspired half-fox, half-woman has been telling fortunes from her cage in a Pakistani zoo.

Once housing children next to hardened criminals this historic jail once displayed Ned Kelly's skull until it was stolen.

This collection of odd proofs of concept is like taking a walk through the imagination of a Victorian engineer.

As can be expected from a centuries-old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

The superstar of Cold War nuclear bunkers has been featured in countless films but is now barely operational.

This tiny tropical village was sick of anonymity so the locals made this sign, which actually changed the name of the town.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

This highest bridge in the world spans such a great chasm that it had to be established using rockets.

This upscale streetwear store is hidden behind a fake Snapple machine in the back of a deli.

This Swedish astronomical clock was in storage for almost a century before its glorious workings were put on display once more.