Places Edited by Martin

A lake formed in the basin of a massive impact crater takes the shape of an unbroken ring when viewed from above.

One time home to turn of the century explosives, now hidden under the Bay Bridge.

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

More than 5,000 contemporary and "historic" mustards from around the world.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

A gleaming white and undulating tower marks the border between Georgia and Turkey.

Unusual building appears to be haphazardly built from randomly piled bricks.

Earth's greatest purely vertical drop at 4,101 feet.

Luxury hotel turned into a refugee camp, then turned back into a luxury hotel.

The charmingly disheveled clock tower of Tbilisi's puppet theater.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

One of the last few places in Manhattan that employed a pneumatic systemic keeps it on display.

Unexplained bald patches in the landscape grow and recede over time, as though they are somehow alive.

A beautiful maze marks where three countries meet.

A 9 year-old boy’s elaborate cardboard arcade in his father’s used auto parts store.

Once living up to its name as the grandest hotel in all of Africa, the Grande Hotel is now home to a community of squatters.

The once-dying town of Sheffield, Tasmania has reinvented itself as a village of painted wonders.

A Viking-themed bar in a canal town for those retreating from the hustle and bustle of Shanghai.

One man's exploration of the human form, including the bizarre and delightful "Man Attacked by Babies."

1920's mining camp and environmental education center is serving to protect the surrounding forest, one of the last of its kind in the Pacific Northwest.

A mysterious stele of unknown origin sits on the peak of this curious mountain.

These "anatomical machines" are only one of the many strange items in this Italian crypt.

Around 100 sculptures from artists all over the world decorate the hiking trails surrounding this locale.

A mysterious monument meant to be a guide into "an Age of Reason" was destroyed after an apparent bombing.