Places Edited by Martin

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents sit, crumbling in a field in Virginia.

The first archaeological site discovered by aerial photography.

Even France's favorite aquatic son Jacques Cousteau, couldn't get to the bottom of it.

Former farm staffed by mental patients is now a public park.

This Arabesque Italian castle was built with a primitive, if ingenious, air-conditioning system.

This inanimate goat created by the "welding nun" has been helping to clean up the city of Spokane for more than 40 years.

A historic Montreal market that was the city's agricultural hub for over century.

Canada's largest graveyard boasts a lot of noteworthy artifacts as well as its own computerized mapping service.

The creator of the carousel's bingo-pinball hybrid survives in California's oldest gaming establishment.

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

Increasingly decayed figures stand as a powerful reminder of the human costs of Czech Communism.

A shady solar power system that couldn't hold up to the harsh desert conditions.

A sculptor's dream castle turned fantastical ruin.

This giant meditative chakra sits peacefully in the Flathead Valley of western Montana.

The liveliest ghost town in the state.

This medieval church tower has maintained its clockworks since the 16th century.

This former tuberculosis research hospital endeavored to cure the dreaded disease with fresh air and positive attitudes.

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

The best-preserved Roman small town in North Africa.

One man's desire to transcend art led to the construction of this outsider chapel.

This spa theme park lets its guests take a dip in pools of coffee, wine, or ramen broth.

A curious structure built just for the birds.

Buildings that dynamite couldn't bring down were abandoned because of bathroom issues.

The world's first permanently occupied mountain-top observatory continues to report on the stars.