Colorado Springs, Colorado
Cheyenne Mountain Complex
The superstar of Cold War nuclear bunkers has been featured in countless films but is now barely operational.
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Colorado Springs, Colorado
The superstar of Cold War nuclear bunkers has been featured in countless films but is now barely operational.
Gainesville, Florida
This Florida sinkhole hides a rainforest-like micro-environment in its depths.
Hildebran, North Carolina
An abandoned village that doubled as "The Hunger Games"' post-apocalyptic wasteland is up for grabs.
Rougemont, North Carolina
A sculptor's dream castle turned fantastical ruin.
Los Angeles, California
A ghost town at the airport is now a refuge for blue butterflies.
Los Angeles, California
Historic marionette theater features thousands of handmade puppets and free cups of ice cream.
Cody, Wyoming
One man's ambition created this psychedelic log home.
San Francisco, California
Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.
Los Angeles, California
The remains of the first punk club in L.A.
North Miami Beach, Florida
St Bernard de Clairvaux Episcopal Church, better known as one of the oldest European buildings in the Western Hemisphere.
Wexford, Pennsylvania
A stone arch leads to a cavernous 1930s spring house tucked away in the Pennsylvania woods.
San Francisco, California
The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.
Alamosa, Colorado
When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.
Mono County, California
Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.
Washington, D.C.
A tiny piece of the Moon is embedded in this stained glass masterpiece.
St. Louis, Missouri
Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.
Portland, Oregon
Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.
Raleigh, North Carolina
This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.
Seattle, Washington
A house filled to the brim with oddities and curiosities.
St George, Maine
A beautiful, water-filled quarry that has become a popular haunt for swimmers and artists.
Holyoke, Massachusetts
A careful eye can find hundreds of dinosaur tracks running along the Connecticut River.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
This is the house that spite built.
Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Eclectic collections, artwork, and some feline friends fill the writer's former home.
Newton, Massachusetts
A historic bridge with a lovely acoustic anomaly.