Livermore, California
National Ignition Facility
Location of the most powerful laser in the world, and the potential birthplace of tiny stars.
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Livermore, California
Location of the most powerful laser in the world, and the potential birthplace of tiny stars.
Coquitlam, British Columbia
Historic psychiatric asylum and most-filmed location in the Great White North.
Nunavut
Earth's greatest purely vertical drop at 4,101 feet.
Maple Ridge, British Columbia
A large spinning bath of liquid mercury, used to probe the early universe.
Tacoma, Washington
This famous bridge twisted itself into oblivion, but not for the reason you might think.
Tulelake, California
Trails through lava-carved tube-caves display sparkling bacteria and a rich history.
Los Angeles, California
Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.
Government Camp, Oregon
You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.
Los Angeles, California
Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.
Los Angeles, California
America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.
Los Angeles, California
The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.
Los Angeles, California
During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.
Bend, Oregon
The longest continuous lava tube in Oregon.
La Cañada Flintridge, California
NASA's leading space science lab started by a co-founder with deep ties to the occult.
Palomar Mountain, California
A world-class observatory in the California desert.
Mitchell, Oregon
Oregon's unexpected high desert, displaying layers of time in a colorful show.
Daggett, California
Decommissioned experimental solar facilities that pioneered solar energy technology.
Osoyoos, British Columbia
A sacred lake composed of over 300 separate pools of highly concentrated minerals.
Islas Marietas, Mexico
A lovers' beach, tucked below the surface of the island, provides a safe haven for romance.
Nye County, Nevada
A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.
Barbados
A giant gun barrel in Barbados that once hoped to shoot outer space with science.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.
Cahuita, Costa Rica
Sloth rehabilitation center in the jungle of Costa Rica.
Wetaskiwin, Alberta
An automotive, farming machinery, and aviation museum located in Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada.