West Mineral, Kansas
Big Brutus
The Bucyrus-Erie model 1850B electric shovel, or "Big Brutus," the largest existing electric shovel in the world.
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West Mineral, Kansas
The Bucyrus-Erie model 1850B electric shovel, or "Big Brutus," the largest existing electric shovel in the world.
Rivière-aux-Outardes, Québec
A lake formed in the basin of a massive impact crater takes the shape of an unbroken ring when viewed from above.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.
Kansas City, Missouri
The "World's Largest Underground Business Complex," a 55,000,000-square-foot city underneath Missouri.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Once defending the city of New Orleans from invasion by sea, this fort faces an uncertain future.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
An architecturally-focused antique shop.
Key Biscayne, Florida
A community of collapsing homes more than a mile out from the Florida coast.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
20,000 pieces in a Frank Gehry-designed building.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
This lab's maddening silence is good for business but bad for sanity.
South Bay, Florida
One of many gator theme parks, abandoned in the sugar fields of South Florida.
Wellington County, Prince Edward Island
Three buildings constructed of over 25,000 multicolored glass bottles.
Eldon, Iowa
Home with Gothic windows featured in a famous painting.
Memphis, Tennessee
Home to drunken tower-climbing goats... seriously.
Williams Bay, Wisconsin
Home to the world's largest refracting telescope and the birthplace of modern astrophysics.
Two Rivers, Wisconsin
The home of 1.5 million wood letters for printing is still a functioning workshop.
Batavia, Illinois
World's second largest particle accelerator, where nature reveals its secrets.
Kaleva, Michigan
House built with over 60,000 glass bottles.
Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine, Québec
A scenic overlook of a pit mine hundreds of meters deep filled with blue water.
Sudbury, Ontario
A neutrino detector built into the largest man-made underground cavity in the world.
Bloomington, Indiana
A stunning, abandoned limestone quarry in southern Indiana provided the stone to erect the Empire State Building.
Tobermory, Ontario
Little island known for its massive beachfront "flowerpot" pillars.
Montreal, Québec
Two adjoining collections of 19th-20th century physics apparatuses and instruments.
Indianapolis, Indiana
A hidden network of subterranean passageways lies tangled beneath Indianapolis' bustling City Market.
Johns Island, South Carolina
One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.