Napa, California
Monticello Dam Morning Glory Spillway
The largest drain hole in the world.
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Napa, California
The largest drain hole in the world.
Cabazon, California
The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.
Los Angeles, California
Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.
St. Augustine, Florida
A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.
San Jose, California
The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.
East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
This abandoned Poconos resort is haunted by a history of kitschy romance and a violent fugitive.
Mount Baldy, California
Abandoned bridge hidden deep in the San Gabriel Mountains.
Flagler Beach, Florida
The ruins of this antebellum sugar plantation are the end result of a Seminole attack during the Florida Wars of 1836.
Nageezi, New Mexico
A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.
Oregon City, Oregon
The second largest waterfall by volume in the U.S., Willamette Falls is outdone only by Niagara in the amount of water that is pushed northward.
Big Pine, California
Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.
Lake Helen, Florida
Town of spiritualists and mediums in Florida.
Nye County, Nevada
A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.
St. Augustine, Florida
Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.
Johns Island, South Carolina
One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.
Key West, Florida
The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.
North Bend, Washington
A short hike into the mountainside forest reveals a decaying 1890s town.
Amboy, California
The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.
Brooklyn, New York
Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.
Kayenta, Arizona
Ancestral Puebloan ruins, natural arches, and box canyons abound in this seldom-visited corner of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park.
Winslow, Arizona
A stealthy Apache hideaway that became the haunting site of a mass grave.
Aspen, Colorado
Despite being one of the most photographed vistas in the Rockies these twin peaks are rightfully known as the "Deadly Bells."
La Cañada Flintridge, California
An unfortunate geological resemblance to Satan has labeled this Pasadena gorge as a passage to the underworld.