Twentynine Palms, California
Wonderland Ranch and Wall Street Mill
Crumbling pink walls and murder memorials preserve the pioneer history of Joshua Tree.
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Twentynine Palms, California
Crumbling pink walls and murder memorials preserve the pioneer history of Joshua Tree.
Detroit, Michigan
Inside the Wayne County airport is an amazing collection of lights and sounds.
Denver, Colorado
The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.
Queens, New York
This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.
Dodgeville, Wisconsin
One of the last surviving C-97s sits in a field in front of a Wisconsin inn.
Baraboo, Wisconsin
A remnant of the last Ice Age, this lake is surrounded by fascinating rock formations.
Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
Over thousands of years, this slot canyon was carved out of the bed of an ancient lake.
Fairmont City, Illinois
Fresh wooden posts have been added to ancient holes to recreate a primitive henge clock.
Chicago, Illinois
This urban drawbridge gained eternal pop culture fame when the Blues Brothers jumped it while it was raised.
Batavia, Illinois
World's second largest particle accelerator, where nature reveals its secrets.
Mountain Township, Illinois
In the Shawnee National Forest, amazing rock formations peer through the treeline.
Chicago, Illinois
These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.
Cave-In-Rock, Illinois
River pirates, murderous bandits, and serial killers used this Illinois cave as their debauched hideout.
Frankfort, Kentucky
This huge clock made of flowers and simple machinery was once used a political weapon.
Nashville, Indiana
Where hikers on the Tecumseh Trail can exchange a dirty sock for a free geode.
Clarksville, Indiana
The massive, original Colgate Clock is mounted on a defunct factory building that was once a prison.
West Lafayette, Indiana
Historians and hobbyists head to this former French outpost for the annual Feast of the Hunters' Moon.
Bloomington, Indiana
Ornate limestone building now filled with geologic specimens, and more.
Chesterton, Indiana
The site of a 19th century "dream city" that almost rivaled Chicago before being swallowed by the Indiana sand dunes.
Dublin, Ireland
One of Ireland's most infamous prisons for rebels including men, women and children.
Beatty, Nevada
The most magnificent bottle house in a town strangely full of them.
Inyo County, California
Marta Becket's hand-painted theater in the desert.
Inyo County, California
"Only the devil could play golf here."
Inyo County, California
The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.