Nevada
Delamar Dry Lake
This dry lake bed was once an emergency landing strip for military and experimental aircraft.
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Nevada
This dry lake bed was once an emergency landing strip for military and experimental aircraft.
Omaha, Nebraska
Haunted dolls, macabre artifacts, and more make up the collection of the “most haunted museum in the world.”
Omaha, Nebraska
These experimental weapons brought World War II to Nebraska as well as 26 other U.S. states.
Boys Town, Nebraska
An idle pastime becomes a record holder in Boys Town, Nebraska.
Ashland, Nebraska
Once a slice of Cold War-era military history, this museum is finding its future in the stars.
Elk City, Oklahoma
An Oklahoma museum that celebrates the history of the "Mother Road."
Kanab, Utah
Giant pinnacles in the sun-scorched lands of Southern Utah have been nicknamed "white ghosts."
Big Water, Utah
This hidden gem along the Utah-Arizona border is truly worth the rugged journey.
Marble Canyon, Arizona
Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.
Marble Canyon, Arizona
This mesmerizing and surreal landscape features intricate patterns of white and red sandstone.
Bowie, Arizona
The former home of the army detachment that captured Geronimo.
Marshall Islands
The birthplace of both the Atomic Age and Godzilla, and the namesake of the bathing suit.
Florence, South Carolina
"Not too many people can say they've had a nuclear bomb dropped on them, not too many would want to." — Walter Gregg.
Marshall Islands
An enormous concrete structure built over a nuclear crater.
Parachute, Colorado
The site where a nuclear bomb was lowered over 8,000 feet underground and detonated as an experiment in natural gas extraction.
Lumberton, Mississippi
This largely forgotten piece of Cold War history stands hidden in the woods just north of the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
Nye County, Nevada
A facility built in 1992 for an underground nuclear test remains in place today.
Willow Springs, Illinois
The final resting place of the world's first nuclear reactor.
Terrassa, Spain
This chest hospital with a dark, haunted past serves as a fitting set for horror films and a paradise for ghost hunters.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A museum dedicated to firefighting in a city that was crucial to the modern history of the profession.
Edinburgh, Scotland
These trenches were used to train the Scottish military for life on the frontlines of World War I.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The colorful stairs are made with marble from the world's major quarries.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Formerly abandoned underground complex to keep royals safe from a nuclear war that never came.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This obscure walkway links Edinburgh’s Old Town with one of the city's prime vantage points.