Places Edited by Martin

A private collection of massive steel monsters guarding a Texas pipe works.

Alien rock formations grown from the sands of an Australian national park.

For those with no fear of heights: a skywalk 4,700 feet up on a Chinese mountain.

One of America's most historic homes also holds a startling literary legacy.

Beneath the city of Lourdes, France is a massive, concrete church.

The encased skull that is widely believed to belong to St. John the Baptist.

America's Most Wanted's set resides in this tribute to the history of crime and punishment.

Home to some of the oldest hominid fossils ever found.

The cobbled together compound of a deceased artist which now serves as a filming location.

An abstract monument to a symphonic composer.

Miraculous tree that seems to sprout out of solid rock.

Science fiction's grandfather has a fittingly marvelous tomb.

A collection of venomous snakes and reptiles for the whole family to enjoy.

The oldest continuously operating Catholic school west of the Mississippi.

A grove of colossal man-made flowers built to collect the sun's rays.

Nestled in the heart of San Francisco’s bustling Financial District stands a unique homage to the Mayan and Beaux Arts.

A wonderful collection of all things Oz is nestled in the heart of Kansas.

City law dictates that this mountaintop cathedral containing the heart of a saint is to remain the tallest building in town.

A Red Hook dive bar that is holding onto its roots.

Take in a rare, face-to-face glimpse of Lady Liberty at this tucked away Red Hook park.

A comic book store that puts the marvel back in marvellous.

This hospital helped pave the way for treatment that drove down child-mortality rates in 19th and 20th centuries.

Lehigh Valley barge No. 79 still gets tugged along - but now it houses a museum and unusual performances.

The longest continuous underwater road in North America was built at the insistence of Franklin Roosevelt.