Tulsa, Oklahoma
Abundant Life Building
This abandoned, windowless concrete block is one of the strangest buildings in Tulsa.
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Tulsa, Oklahoma
This abandoned, windowless concrete block is one of the strangest buildings in Tulsa.
San Bernardino, California
A former utopian healing center created by a huckster and built by derelicts.
Peach Springs, Arizona
In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.
Yavapai County, Arizona
A once popular resort—said to be the vacation spot of gangster Al Capone—now remains abandoned in the woods of Arizona.
Tucson, Arizona
During World War II this was the site of an "honor camp" used as a prison for draft dodgers, Native American conscientious objectors, and Japanese-Americans—including a man who brought his case against the camp to the Supreme Court.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.
Quemado, New Mexico
In the remote high desert of New Mexico, a strange array of poles beckon fury from above.
Keams Canyon, Arizona
More than 300 years ago, a revolt at this Hopi pueblo shaped the future of the American Southwest.
St. Augustine, Florida
Location of a reliquary containing bone fragments of 18 saints.
St. Augustine, Florida
A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.
Panamint, California
The location of the last stand of Charles Manson's doomsday cult.
Clarkesville, Georgia
A wonderland of folk art including the World’s Largest Grit.
Columbus, Georgia
Shaped like a big top tent, this memorial honors the victims of a terrible train wreck.
Gainesville, Georgia
A mysterious inscription may hold a clue about the "Lost Colony" of Roanoke.
Walker County, Georgia
The perfectly named cave drop is the deepest in the continental United States, almost matching the height of Seattle’s Space Needle.
Cartersville, Georgia
These ancient ritual mounds are our best window into the culture of the ancient Mississippians.
Los Angeles, California
Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.
Los Angeles, California
Panorama exhibition hall in old silent theater with a beautiful backyard garden.
Los Angeles, California
One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.
Los Angeles, California
A shrine to a skeleton saint in the city of angels.
Taos, New Mexico
Reproductions of nine banned oil paintings coyly hidden behind a curtain in a New Mexico conference room.