Places Edited by breaingram

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

Once an unstoppable source of gold and silver, this town came to a grinding stop when the groundwater proved deadly.

This titanic steel chain linking two buildings was installed without permission but instantly beloved.

The story of Two Guns, Arizona could easily be described as a Shakespearian tragedy on Route 66.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

An elaborate shrine dedicated to the four corners of the world unfortunately misses its mark.

A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.

Home of the "true" equator.

A pier that used to act as a busy ferry dock is now a decaying favorite of local fisherman and urban artists.

A mysterious castle built as a monument to lost love.

A landscape of massive spherical boulders are the main attraction in this Kansas State Park.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

The only visible piece of San Francisco's most famous shipwreck.

This was once the center of the Birdman cult, and is now a World Heritage Site.

A six-ton, 12-foot-tall concrete prairie dog is touted as the largest in the world.

A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.

A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.

When flour explodes, it's not a pretty sight.

A former Confederate hospital serves as a remembrance of wounded and dead soldiers.

This abandoned coliseum was intended to be a grand Nazi rallying ground before it was halted at the end of the war.

Marking the spot where a conquistador gave up his search for the fabled Seven Cities of Gold.

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.