New Orleans, Louisiana
Civil Defense Control Center
An abandoned underground bunker not far from downtown New Orleans.
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New Orleans, Louisiana
An abandoned underground bunker not far from downtown New Orleans.
Ashland, Nebraska
Once a slice of Cold War-era military history, this museum is finding its future in the stars.
Copper Harbor, Michigan
The site where Michigan launched its first rocket into space lies abandoned in the dense woods along Lake Superior.
Mohawk, Michigan
One of the few Cold War-era bases with many of its original structures still standing.
Ishpeming, Michigan
A comedy troupe's collection of bizarre humor.
Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
Watch the ships come in on Michigan's 210 ft. high observation deck in Sault Ste. Marie.
Chicago, Illinois
This small, but long-running hobby club has built one of the largest model rail lines in the US.
Chicago, Illinois
A military museum and library dedicated to the citizen soldier.
Chicago, Illinois
One of the largest pieces of scientific equipment ever carried on a NASA space shuttle sits in a Chicago alley.
Chicago, Illinois
This bronze sculpture on a former squash court marks the secret origins of the Atomic Age.
Battle Creek, Michigan
A massive portrait of Abraham Lincoln created with approximately 24,500 pennies.
Cheyenne, Wyoming
This historic Union Pacific Railroad depot is a stunning symbol of American post-Civil War progress.
Tampa, Florida
Tampa’s most famous native royal comes alive in a duo of arresting bronze statues.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
The only natural lake in the world that drains into both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Bexley, Ohio
Visit a section of the historic wall that once divided Berlin in the heart of Columbus, Ohio.
Hat Creek, California
The first radio telescope dedicated to the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence.
Montreal, Québec
A massive Montreal stadium that has seen nothing but trouble since its inception.
St. Louis, Michigan
This marker tells the story of a town’s toxic past.
New York, New York
An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.
Honolulu, Hawaii
Hawaii’s largest cemetery rests inside an extinct volcano crater.
Oxford, England
An Oxford museum where visitors can have tea with the Mad Hatter and climb through the wardrobe to a fantasy land.
Linlithgow, Scotland
The fictional birthplace of the Chief Engineer aboard the Starship Enterprise.
Des Plaines, Illinois
Where a brain, a beauty, a jock, a rebel, and a recluse met one Saturday and changed their lives forever.
Las Vegas, Nevada
The most extravagant car collection features a Batmobile, Liberace's mirror ball-ed Rolls Royce, and a stunt car from 'The Fast and the Furious.'