Places Edited by Martin

Sex curse discovered on ancient tablet in Cyprus.

Brooklyn vintners creating world-class wine in a city not known for its vineyards.

“Invented in Key West, Perfected in Brooklyn."

Once a popular watering hole among longshoremen and shipyard workers, this neighborhood treasure spans more than 100 years of Red Hook history.

Explore the subjective dream of a hotel.

Paiwanese restaurant run by native indigenous Taiwanese singer songwriter, and home to a DIY arts-and-crafts folk garden.

An Amazonian hotel is the ultimate treehouse and provides stilt based accommodation.

Most complete collection of Gymnosperms in the world.

Survival capsules find a second life as a unique hotel.

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

A curious whirlpool formation supposedly capable of entangling or engulfing branches, tree trunks, or whole rafts full of hapless tourists.

A modest reminder of treacherous waters at the Golden Gate.

Largest magic museum in the United States with more than half a million pieces of memorabilia.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

The place where houses are born.

A 300-ship graveyard, with a few still visible at low tide.

Big gun installations, built over a massive cemetery, now abandoned & hidden in trees.

Discover for yourself what Herb Caen referred to as "the best kept secret in the Bay Area."

A unique Tuscan hideaway acts as an art mecca as well as a hotel.

The little house that stood up to a disastrous flood has become a symbol of perseverance.

A Red Cross memorial museum at the site of the Niš concentration camp that operated for four eventful years during World War II.

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.

The one-time watch house for incoming ships at the Golden Gate now stands abandoned and hidden in trees.

This series of Scottish caves has no clear purpose other than baffling historians.