The world's first nuclear power plant is open to visitors looking to role-play a meltdown.

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

Decommissioned experimental solar facilities that pioneered solar energy technology.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

Steepest flood safety railway in the entire world.

Supposedly Satanic numbers adorn this preserved submarine sail.

The largest island on the great salt lake is home to curious creatures and strange stories.

Jurassic Park—A Still Life.

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

This museum glorifies the humble potato.

Jail from the 19th century that was built by inmates.

These black pillars of volcanic basalt seem to call mountain climbers with an unbreakable siren song.

A former gold rush boomtown has managed to stay in business for over 100 ramshackle years.

Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.

Despite his legacy of work in Spain, Cuba, and Florida, the larger-than-life writer's grave is a simple affair tucked in an Idaho cemetery.

The largest university building in the West is a gothic masterpiece containing dozens of theme rooms based on different countries.

A portion of the old Pirates stadium over which a defining home run once flew still stands even after the rest of the stadium was torn down.

A model of a dinosaur that was named for Andrew Carnegie stands outside the museum that also bears his name.

This dramatic rail curve was once the target of a failed Nazi attack.

Memorializing an American tragedy of massive proportions.

Meet your friends, marry your true love, or tell your enemies to kiss your butt under this historic Pittsburgh timepiece.

There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!

A mysterious monument meant to be a guide into "an Age of Reason" was destroyed after an apparent bombing.

Georgia's highest point was given its strange name thanks to a simple translation error.