Places Edited by Martin

A traveling postal dog covered 48 states and more than 140,000 miles, and he lives on as taxidermy, patched up with a rabbit's foot and a pig's ear.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

The final stronghold of a king whose feet never touched the ground.

Dioramas and animatronics lead you through the story of Bhagavad-gita, the Indian literary classic.

Nestled near the mountains of western Canada resides this behemoth earth mover.

Aqua white sand highlighted with fiery red rocks.

A long-disputed lighthouse built on the wrong side of a Finnish/Swedish island.

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

An abandoned town centered around a paper mill powered by a large waterfall.

A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.

The first island in the world designated a light-pollution-free astronomical observation point.

Over 9,000 brains collected between 1945 and 1982 demonstrate the results of untreated mental illness.

A fantastic assortment of China's finest and most disturbing wares.

A writer's tiny retreat built from salvaged shipwreck timbers.

Take a drunken tour inside the world's largest known geode.

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

A unique geological area spiked with wind-carved rocks that resemble teepees.

The location of the last stand of Charles Manson's doomsday cult.

Post office plaque commemorates local resistance to a cult invasion.

To the great disappointment of doomsdayers, this codex merely contains records of the Moon and Venus.

This singular broken monument, now housed in a museum, was the cause of a worldwide "Mayan Doomsday" phenomenon.

The memorial to the victims of the Jonestown Massacre carries the names of 918 lost, including one name people wish wasn't there.

An outback test site for the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult.