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An unfinished rail tunnel that has since been used to house cheese and bats.

Wee (and not so wee) footprints that insects and reptiles of the Paleozoic Era left behind.

Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.

The oldest bridge in South Carolina may have been designed by the same man who created the Washington Monument.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

These ancient ritual mounds are our best window into the culture of the ancient Mississippians.

The haunted reputation of these abandoned Colorado train tunnels is probably not helped by the terrifying spiked fence.

Even in death, he's still your huckleberry.

"Not too many people can say they've had a nuclear bomb dropped on them, not too many would want to." — Walter Gregg.

All you ever needed or wanted to know about America's favorite whiskey, but not a drop to drink.

The highest point in Maine is a grand gift to the state citizens that also happens to be one end of the Appalachian Trail.

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.

This stunning blue and gold room changed cities twice before becoming part of the Smithsonian.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

Island ghost town detailing Flagler's folly in building the Overseas Railroad.

These picturesque Hawaiian falls are home to a rare species of fish that uses a special sucker to climb up cliffs.

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

An unrealized dream to wirelessly electrify the entire Earth.

This spectacular track has run continuously since 1882.

The remote outlaw hideout of Jesse James, Butch Cassidy, and the Sundance Kid.

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

Florida's oldest bar was once a morgue, complete with a hanging tree and gravestones.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.