Vallecito, California
Moaning Caverns
The cavern’s main chamber is so vast that the Statue of Liberty could reportedly fit inside it.
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Vallecito, California
The cavern’s main chamber is so vast that the Statue of Liberty could reportedly fit inside it.
Chicago, Illinois
A historic 1929 art-house cinema that features independent, classic, cult, and foreign films in an atmospheric setting.
Moscow, Russia
This building holds the embalmed remains of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.
Sunnyvale, California
A giant can of fruit cocktail is all that remains of what was once the world's largest cannery.
San Francisco, California
A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.
San Francisco, California
An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.
San Francisco, California
A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.
Seattle, Washington
Couple's personal collection of pinball machines turned public pinball museum.
Portland, Oregon
The oldest restaurant in Portland serves fiery coffee cocktails and an astounding amount of turkey.
Portland, Oregon
10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.
Portland, Oregon
This abandoned boat sits on a nude beach, is shaped like a UFO, and is covered in graffiti.
Portland, Oregon
These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.
San Francisco, California
Longtime headquarters of controversial boys' club for the world's wealthiest and most powerful.
Seattle, Washington
This Seattle joint serves food inside an old train car once used by FDR.
Washington, D.C.
A three-story tower of books about Abraham Lincoln is one of the more unusual monuments to the president.
Baltimore, Maryland
A 200-year-old bar with a cheeky name claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink.
Yermo, California
A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.
Berlin, Germany
These former Nazi anti-aircraft towers offer a singular view of the north of Berlin in the summer, and a sanctuary for bats in winter.
Berlin, Germany
Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.
Portland, Oregon
This sandstone mansion was the home of two of Oregon's most important pioneers.
New York, New York
The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?
Newberry Springs, California
The set location for a 1987 cult classic draws international film buffs to the middle of the Mojave Desert.
New York, New York
A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.
Los Angeles, California
After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.