Places Edited by Martin

An enchanted arts space which assumes infinite identities.

Berkeley Springs State Park boasts the nation's only monument commemorating presidential bathing.

View the California coastline (and the home of Barbara Streisand) inch by inch with stunning, government-sanctioned aerial photography.

These Nubian pyramids are strange and unique, even by pyramid standards.

A waterfall 600 ft. inside a mountain, once the bane of gold miners, is now a spectacle of nature.

Beneath the mossy overgrowth covering this once-sprawling campus lies decades of history and the secrets that come with it.

A stealthy Apache hideaway that became the haunting site of a mass grave.

These eclectic homes nestled into the cliffs of a Caribbean island were built entirely from scavenged materials.

Limestone caves in the Cambodian countryside, once the site of genocide, now a place of peaceful beauty.

A vast overgrown cemetery, once known as one of London's "Magnificent Seven."

The mummified relics of an American missionary.

Where there's quartz, there must be gold. Thus is the story of the mines of Julian, and the titillating times of the Gold Rush.

Hiding amid the largest camellia collection in the country lies a charming children's maze, donated by a secret admirer.

This "zoo" is a cross between a junkyard and a sculpture garden, featuring animals you won't see anywhere else.

This exacting restaurant will charge a fine for every grain of rice you've left behind.

A ghost town revived by hippies and wanderers throws its own special brand of holiday parade.

Tour the original street level of Port Angeles, buried underground in 1914.

This temple, built by an eccentric religious leader before his death, sits guarded and in ruins.

The end of times arrives, at least for the fish in the O.C. Fisher Reservoir.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

A gruesome memorial for those lost in this area during the Khmer Rouge genocide.

An unusual stroll through gentlemen's erotica demonstrates that pornography is timeless.

An elaborate shrine dedicated to the four corners of the world unfortunately misses its mark.

An honorary saint of the people, Maria Adelaide became an incorrupt corpse, the clothes intact, exhaling “a strong scent of roses.”