Washington, D.C.
Abandoned Drawbridge Control Room
The hidden offices underneath Memorial Bridge have been locked up since 1976.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Washington, D.C.
The hidden offices underneath Memorial Bridge have been locked up since 1976.
New York, New York
The best place in New York to pick up the controversial, notoriously foul-smelling Asian "king of fruits."
Cleveland, Ohio
A wonderful and easily overlooked museum tucked in Ohio's Burke Lakefront Airport.
Creede, Colorado
A fake mine that was made using real mining techniques which is also used as a community center.
Chicago, Illinois
This cheerfully-named branch of the Chicago River is the fetid result of years of blood, entrails, and meatpacking waste.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A hurricane-stricken oak tree has been reborn as a beautiful chainsaw artwork.
Thurmont, Maryland
A pre-Industrial Age iron furnace and the site of a nearly-forgotten piece of Black history.
Montgomery, Alabama
Cadillac where country's first big star was found dead.
Detroit, Michigan
Collective made up of artists, musicians, and activists.
Golconda, Nevada
A hidden gem of a saloon in the middle of a ghost town.
Kansas City, Kansas
This Italianate Villa-style castle is pretty to look at, just keep off the private property.
Barstow, California
The cluster of boulders near Fort Irwin is covered in military insignia.
San Francisco, California
This giant head is all that remains of a once proud statue that survived an earthquake but not a fall off of a wagon.
Bushland, Texas
The top of a giant mesa, just outside of Amarillo, appears to float in the sky above.
Baltimore, Maryland
A monumental statue of RCA's mascot now sits atop a historical society roof after a life of moving around.
Oakland, New Jersey
The remains of a century-old mansion that met a fiery demise years after it was deserted.
Alamo, California
Cows on a ranch are commonplace, scattered cow bones everywhere? Not so much.
Anchorage, Alaska
Colorful boxes placed over the dead are left to rot and crumble.
Detroit, Michigan
The concrete shell of an industry giant remains as a playground for graffiti artists, auto scrappers, and paintball warriors.
Marblehead, Massachusetts
Ornate and macabre headstone in one of the country's oldest cemeteries.
Dyersville, Iowa
A pop-culture attraction outside of Dyersville, Iowa, hits a home run.
Washington, D.C.
A brass plaque dedicated to a convicted cannibal hangs in the National Press Club, and that's not even the craziest part of the story.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
One of the oldest of its kind.
Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
This historic old movie house was the scene of one of the Blob's most iconic attacks.