Places Edited by Martin

A Pythagorean funhouse that tries, successfully, to prove that math is the coolest thing ever.

This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

Named the fifth most beautiful building in America in 1885, this former courthouse boasts the best view in the Village.

A theatre built to house the rowdy Oxford graduation ceremonies became the stage for a debate about God's existence.

A small medical museum with a recreated doctor's office.

An abandoned set from the 1980 film "Popeye," claimed and repurposed as a theme park by creative locals.

An unusual number plate signifies the building's saucy past.

Where the high court feasted, frolicked, and high courtesans put their royal lovers' diamonds to the test.

A grotto-like lodge decorated with gilded mosaics, rocks and a noisy waterfall was the setting for the most sumptuous pleasure house of 1900s Europe.

A Belle Epoque bordello turned into a themed love hotel.

Behind the pink curtain, Au Bonheur du Jour, an art gallery of erotic archives.

A hyper-luxurious, 12,000- square foot home might be buried beneath Queens, still waiting to protect you from nuclear missiles.

A museum and doll store featuring a surreal and super sanitized version of where babies come from.

Pitié-Salpêtrière was the dumping grounds for women who received the dreaded diagnosis of "hysterical."

Modeled after the labyrinth in Chartres Cathedral, this small-town Indiana memorial labyrinth sits half a world away.

This abandoned-looking amusement park is frighteningly open for business.

This impressive tunnel was dug entirely by hand over the course of 36 years.

When flour explodes, it's not a pretty sight.

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

On October 17, 1814, a 15-ft. wave of beer ran rampant through the streets of London.

A small town hallucinates en masse - Bad bread, or CIA science project?

This sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for “The Hobbit” film series.

A world-class observatory in the California desert.

Marking the spot where a conquistador gave up his search for the fabled Seven Cities of Gold.