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The remains of this early 20th century refinery loom on a mountainside like a graffiti-covered fortress.

A small flooded ghost town with a few scattered structures remaining.

The Virginia home of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence is being preserved with a unique glass facade.

The highest point in Virginia can only be reached by passing through ponies and flowers.

Heron, whitewater rapids, and urban industrialism all add to the beauty of this concrete nature walk.

A recreation of an Old West apothecary full of curios.

Colorado's only true geyser is hidden within the San Juan National Forest.

A ghost town that held steady longer than most, but finally gave up the ghost.

The childhood home of Henry Jones Jr. is now an adventure-themed bed and breakfast.

These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.

A fake mine that was made using real mining techniques which is also used as a community center.

Silver in the hills led to the speedy creation of this boom town and a lack of it saw the town abandoned nearly as quickly.

The block of aged dairy is probably still edible after 2,300 years in a peat bog.

Once an ambitious nature spa, these forest ruins now provide a serene monument to failure.

This rural community has attracted both scientists and techno-refugees due to its federally-mandated lack of technology.

Live long and prosper in Vulcan, Alberta.

This Czar-funded, onion-domed, lavishly muraled Orthodox Church played a starring role in "The Deer Hunter."

This maze-like slot canyon is a unique gem within an already fascinating geological area.

A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.

An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.

A 300-yard long natural tunnel runs through a ridge deep in the Appalachian Mountains.

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents sit, crumbling in a field in Virginia.

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

A well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan ruin tucked beneath a desert cliff.