Portland, Oregon
The Witch’s Castle
These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.
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Portland, Oregon
These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.
New York, New York
Join in a Seance at the Swedenborgian Church.
New York, New York
More than 250 sakes are available in an izakaya hidden in the basement of a Midtown office building.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.
Fort Benton, Montana
Thomas Francis Meagher drowned here in 1867, but whether his death was an accident or a murder, nobody knows.
Cape Girardeau, Missouri
This former Union fort commands a fine view of downtown Cape Girardeau and the Mississippi River.
Flora, Mississippi
A preserved stretch of ancient fossilized trees with an impressive gem collection to boot.
White Lake, Michigan
Once the extravagant escape of the Ford family, this enigmatic ruin now stands as a haunting reminder of its former glory.
Wamego, Kansas
This 19th-century windmill was moved, stone by stone, in the middle of Kansas.
Topeka, Kansas
A rainbow-colored house promotes LGBTQ rights across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church.
Carthage, Illinois
The site where Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, was killed by a mob.
Bruneau, Idaho
The "Grand Canyon of Southwestern Idaho" makes a spectacular gash across the flat Snake River plain.
Cataldo, Idaho
A nearly 200-year-old Catholic mission built to serve the native people of Idaho.
Kuna, Idaho
A volcanic core jutting above the plain between the Snake and Boise Rivers, a marker identifies the reference point for all U.S. Government Surveys in Idaho.
Dawson, Georgia
A remote boulder commemoration to General Andrew Jackson and his command during their march toward Florida for the First Seminole War.
St. Simons Island, Georgia
Visit a memorial to the Wesley brothers, one the founder of Methodism and one a writer of over 6,500 hymns.
Seborga, Italy
This small village claims to be independent from Italy because it was left out when the nation was unified.
Newtown, Connecticut
A tribute to the students and teachers who lost their lives during the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
Chimney Rock, Colorado
Two tall rocks sit at the center of this site, once the home of a large Ancestral Puebloan community.
Woodside, California
This massive redwood tree has stood in Northern California for nearly 2,000 years.
Benicia, California
The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.
Wasilla, Alaska
Cold War missile site at high alert during the Cuban Missile Crisis, now a post-apocalyptic backdrop.
Gustavus, Alaska
Crash site of a US National Guard C-47B plane that attempted to land at Gustavus airport in 1957 in bad weather.
Wilton, New Hampshire
A small obelisk marks the spot where Captain Sam Greele was killed by a falling tree.