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An enthusiastically interactive mining museum that won't let black lung ruin the fun.

Modern technology and live displays tell the story of the Pacific during WWII for the Internet generation.

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.

A decaying concrete oil tanker served as a disposal location for bootleg hootch.

The Old Mill shown in the opening credits of “Gone With the Wind” is actually fairly new, and was never a mill at all.

A futuristic temple of light uses prisms and rainbows to create an atmosphere of peace.

This sinkhole was created by a tragic industrial accident and continues to ravage the surrounding landscape.

Natural sonic phenomenon comes with a grisly legend of murder and blood.

Once an ambitious nature spa, these forest ruins now provide a serene monument to failure.

A trio of colossal statues spread across a Dallas neighborhood chart the emergence of a giant robot born of a locomotive and spilled gin.

This titanic oil company sign is a reminder of the Americana boom of the 1970s and also its commoditization.

The site where a nuclear bomb was lowered over 8,000 feet underground and detonated as an experiment in natural gas extraction.

This innocuous New Mexico storefront was once the secret jump-off spot for Manhattan Project scientists.

Buried beneath the New Mexico sands are believed to be millions of copies of Atari's E.T. video game.

Built by the patriotic residents of Boonsboro in a single day.

One of the Eight Wonders of Kansas and the first official National Natural Monument these stark formations look like nature's Stonehenge.

The remains of the dam that unleashed a 15-foot wall of water on Denver.

This memorial pyramid marker honors one of the United States Government's first official camel riders.

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

The Louisiana sandwich shop that served Bonnie and Clyde's last meal is a museum that chronicles the criminal couple and honors the Bienville Parish lawmen who stopped their crime spree in an ambush.

Seven flags adorn this Texas museum, one for each of the powers that have ruled the area.

The remains of Martha, the last known passenger pigeon, serve as a tool to educate about conservation.

The deadly but beautiful ornamental oleander was planted all over the island of Galveston after the hurricane of 1900.

The only Civil War battle in Washington D.C. took place near this highest natural point in the city.