Kayenta, Arizona
Mystery Valley
Ancestral Puebloan ruins, natural arches, and box canyons abound in this seldom-visited corner of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park.
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Kayenta, Arizona
Ancestral Puebloan ruins, natural arches, and box canyons abound in this seldom-visited corner of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park.
Brooklyn, New York
This former Norwegian sailor's church is slowly being taken over by ramshackle robot musicians.
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A 19th-century shrine covered with prosthetic body parts as votive offerings.
Austin, Texas
DIY collection of eclectic holdings.
Las Vegas, Nevada
The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.
New York, New York
Prove you deserve to be fed by Kenny Shopsin.
Goldfield, Nevada
Graffiti, cars, and religion combine to create this jungle of scrap in the Nevada desert.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The crumbling remains of a 19th century fortess.
Erwin, Tennessee
Railroad came. People came. Railroad left. Town died.
New York, New York
A dark, dank room in subterranean Manhattan was the site of a ghastly murder.
Cave City, Kentucky
Prehistoric animals decorate this popular outdoor park.
Yucca Valley, California
A meditative space out of a fantasy story.
Taos, New Mexico
A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.
Bryson City, North Carolina
This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.
Corinne, Utah
An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.
Los Angeles, California
A shrine to a skeleton saint in the city of angels.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
A museum within a museum, devoted to history's most questionable medical devices.
Clark County, Nevada
The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.
Cincinnati, Ohio
This collection of Japanese luck idols beckons visitors with over 2,000 waving paws.
Santa Clarita, California
No matter what it might seem like on film, most scenes filmed on a plane are filmed at this LA studio.
Silver Spring, Maryland
An astounding collection of medical specimens, including bits of President Lincoln.
Murfreesboro, Arkansas
The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.
Chattanooga, Tennessee
More than five miles of underground passageways.