Places anomallama Wants to Go

On East Burnside, a 24-hour vending machine distributes world-class pastries.

Collapsed charcoal kilns in the Spring Mountains of southern Nevada.

A mining town once rife with murderous disputes over its copious treasures now creates income as a popular spot for photo shoots.

The wild west is still alive and well at this authentic mining town watering hole.

Improbably, the largest wildlife refuge in the conterminous 48 states sits just northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

This arid landscape was once a lush wetland. Today, it's a paleontological site filled with fossilized mammoths, sabertooth cats, and more.

The oldest standing building in Las Vegas was established by Mormon settlers.

The island residents are known for taking their quirky sense of humor with them to the grave.

A botanical hideaway sits inside the ruins of a half-built Civil War fort.

Near the ruins of a Civil War coastal fortress lies the only known African refugee cemetery in the United States.

Over 120,000 curious objects that have shaped our modern world.

Amid the hustle and bustle of Miami’s Financial District sits a mausoleum-turned-monument.

Part research station, part time capsule, part aquatic fever dream.

Decorative shell walls built in the 1940s sit atop an ancient midden created by the Calusa Native Americans.

The grave of the first dolphin to play Flipper is located at the Dolphin Research Center.

This 140-year-old beacon off the Florida Keys marks the wreck of a Navy ship that once roamed the Caribbean hunting pirates.

A time capsule of Floridian history fights to survive on the banks of Chokoloskee Bay.

This historic site situated in the Northwood shores neighborhood houses the remains of a forgotten town.

This mass grave for victims of a massive hurricane remained hidden until 1991.

After a long career, a disastrous sinking, and a half-successful salvage, this Naval vessel-turned-artificial reef ended up exactly where she was supposed to—with a little help from nature.

When this test site was abandoned, they didn't even bother to take the rocket with them.

With nickel-steel armor and three-inch thick bullet resistant windows, FDR's train was a rolling fortress.

A time capsule of life in Southern Florida in the 1930s.