Canadian, Texas
Gene Cockrell's Yard Art
Iconic figures in concrete and steel in the High Plains of Texas.
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Canadian, Texas
Iconic figures in concrete and steel in the High Plains of Texas.
Goldfield, Nevada
This once bustling boomtown hotel is now the hottest spot in Nevada for ghost hunters.
Goldfield, Nevada
Eulogizing an unknown man's unusual demise.
Florence Hill, Nevada
Exhibiting the tallest structure of its type in Nevada, this massive mining complex is frozen in time.
Las Cruces, New Mexico
Wee (and not so wee) footprints that insects and reptiles of the Paleozoic Era left behind.
Las Cruces, New Mexico
The entire history of the U.S. Space Shuttle Program is painted on an enormous roadside water tank.
Sedona, Arizona
The world's only teal arches exist in a city that cares more about its aesthetic than an Instagram influencer.
Tombstone, Arizona
The Jewish section of the famous Boothill Graveyard was abandoned for nearly 100 years.
Las Cruces, New Mexico
This 47-foot chile pepper sculpture welcomes Scoville heat unit obsessed tourists to the Big Chile Inn.
Ingram, Texas
A dam that moonlights as a gigantic, brutalist waterslide.
Dolores, Colorado
Colorado's only true geyser is hidden within the San Juan National Forest.
Dolores, Colorado
A boulder so big and tough, they had to turn it into a landmark.
Carbondale, Colorado
Once owned by the largest employer in Colorado, these ovens have been abandoned for over a century.
Dallas, Texas
A city park that sits on top of a freeway.
Anchorage, Alaska
The now-serene site of the largest earthquake ever recorded in North America.
Austin, Texas
A synth musician's paradise at the heart of a community responsible for the soundtrack to 'Stranger Things.'
Austin, Texas
An entire subdivision was accidentally built on a flood plain, resulting in its eventual demolition—but the streets are still there.
Austin, Texas
Austin’s local mountain isn’t really a mountain at all.
Austin, Texas
A tiny graveyard with a mysterious past.
Lee Vining, California
A volcanic cone that formed over 600 years ago.
Mono Mills, California
A relic of the region's once booming timber industry.
June Lake, California
A natural dome made of volcanic glass in Inyo National Forest.
Iuka, Mississippi
Instead of becoming a power plant, this abandoned complex became a massive letdown.
Leadville, Colorado
Abandoned silver mine strewn with wrecked and twisted structures.