Places Edited by Eric Grundhauser

The ravine where Jesse James supposedly performed an impossible jump to evade capture.

A century-old tradition has culminated in a small but singular collection of feline effigies.

The largest game reserve in Africa is home to thousands of species but refuses to house humans.

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

This picturesque mansion has gone from opulent ruin to nature museum.

A field of nothing but boulders which resembles a giant's gravel driveway.

A theater sits abandoned on Roosevelt Road, once majestic in splendor, now majestic in decay.

The remains of 40,000 humans, meticulously stacked in a tiny churchyard shed.

Hidden deep in the Guatemalan jungle is a turquoise paradise of natural pools, caves, and waterfalls.

The house that birthed The Old Man and The Sea is now a museum devoted to the old man who wrote it.

One of the world's longest murals depicts the history of diversity in Los Angeles.

A fountain standing as a testament to a doomed alliance.

A former gold rush boomtown has managed to stay in business for over 100 ramshackle years.

Built to repay the sins of the father, this church is home to one of the most valuable works of Western art.

This peaceful Massachusetts graveyard was one of the first "garden-style" cemeteries in America.

A war-torn Olympic relic is being overtaken by graffiti and nature.

Modern technology and live displays tell the story of the Pacific during WWII for the Internet generation.

This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.

The concrete shell of an industry giant remains as a playground for graffiti artists, auto scrappers, and paintball warriors.

Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.

A museum devoted to the victims and the survivors of the most catastrophic fire in American history.

An enthusiastically interactive mining museum that won't let black lung ruin the fun.

A hacienda that features all things uniquely Yucatán.

A fortified city, home to a remaining population of five families