Places Edited by Martin

Over a thousand feet beneath the Detroit streets is a subterranean metropolis few are allowed to enter.

America's oldest archaeological site or a muddled case of wishful thinking.

Steam engines and conveyor belts are remnants of a genius system left in the middle of the Maine woods.

Alleyway plaque commemorating the death of a fictional character in The Maltese Falcon, not far from the author's home.

A popular tourist cave with a dark past.

An old saloon in the West filled with history, and according to some, a few dozen ghosts.

China's biggest e-waste village.

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

A place where the laws of nature seem to have gone completely berserk... but of course haven't.

Triangular House built on a leafy residential street in St. Paul.

Norway's national monument to fallen seamen.

Home of the Large Hadron Collider and the birthplace of the World Wide Web.

A restaurant and observation deck built in a unique broadcasting antenna.

David Sedaris called it "The greatest shop in the world."

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

Artist's eccentric property excessively decorated with found objects and work of his own.

Breathtakingly blue walls shimmer inside the "Glacier Behind the Town."