Places Edited by Osage

Thousands of small machines line the shelves of this personal collection which definitely delivers on its name.

Take a steam-powered ride straight out of the past on this Appalachian rail line.

A strangely forgotten claimant to the much contested title of "Source of the Nile."

An angular maze of concrete in Grand Rapids acts both as public art and as a staircase for fish traveling upstream.

Sail through this subterranean show cave that is home to a legend that would go on to name nearly everything around it.

One of São Paulo's tight urban intersections has become a haven for graffiti artists ever since a single Batman started the trend.

A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.

A part of the world's largest marsh seems to be growing bright red Martian grass.

This Nazi ruin was the site where Hitler was almost blown up by a suitcase bomb.

Ruined pieces of stone and a swimming pool are all that remain of an amusement park swept away by a flood.

Starting with nothing more than discarded conch shells, one man has built an island/bar that would make Jimmy Buffet jealous.

An 1870s ranch for pioneers, rodeo stars, and divorcees was abandoned and left for dead, until the city reopened it for exploration.

The remains of a town so thoroughly destroyed by French forces that the citizens simply left.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

A chilling disappearance (and rescue) of a child uncovers a geological mystery.

Heron, whitewater rapids, and urban industrialism all add to the beauty of this concrete nature walk.

Once an ambitious nature spa, these forest ruins now provide a serene monument to failure.

Bizarre dirt trail winds a narrow path above the tree line.

The Emperor Tiberius' palace of debauchery.

A curious structure built just for the birds.

Home to Hollywood history and a very special salt crystal.

A prehistoric landscape hidden in the cliffs of Maha'ulepu.

A ship that lived many lives under many names is now known merely as the "Ghost Ship."

A cave interior in the shape of the ancient rhinoceros, created by lava cooling around its carcass.