Warren, New Hampshire
Redstone Missile
Maybe the only missile installed in a public park, this Cold War leftover was one of the first to carry a nuclear warhead.
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Warren, New Hampshire
Maybe the only missile installed in a public park, this Cold War leftover was one of the first to carry a nuclear warhead.
New York, New York
This small New York museum celebrates the mountainous artwork of a Russian mystic.
Junction City, Kansas
A cannon designed to fire an atomic warhead.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Victorian "Fancy Craft" Hair Wreaths and Relics.
Chamblee, Georgia
An oddity shop filled with taxidermy, funerary memorabilia, and more.
Durango, Colorado
A riverside tiny house with books and other treasures galore.
Troutman, North Carolina
A Nessie-like monster supposedly lurks in this lake.
Joiner, Arkansas
On the side of Arkansas' Great River Road stand the remains of a forgotten World War II POW Camp.
Detroit, Michigan
Inside the Wayne County airport is an amazing collection of lights and sounds.
Perrysburg, New York
An abandoned tuberculosis hospital moulders on into an uncertain future.
Montrose, Colorado
A dangerous narrow-gauge railroad once traced a route through this striking canyon.
Highlands, New Jersey
Rusting away on the edge of New Jersey are the remains of a Cold War missile launch site.
Culver City, California
Home to secret Eastern Bloc spy equipment and the largest stretch of the original Berlin Wall outside of Germany.
Falcon Heights, Minnesota
This taxidermic smorgasbord was co-created by an artist poached from the Museum of Natural History.
Barrow, Alaska
The "Gateway to the Arctic" connects Barrow's indigenous population with the sea and its traditional industry: whaling.
Monrovia, California
This bizarre hotel on historic Route 66 has been plagued by rumors of paranormal activity.
Wallace, Idaho
It was once used as a classroom to teach mining skills to local high school students.
Groton, Connecticut
The US Navy's only submarine museum is also home to the world's first nuclear submarine.
Incline Village, Nevada
This historic estate on the east shore of Lake Tahoe was home to an eccentric millionaire (and his pet elephant, Mingo).
California
Nuclear waste dump site now an environmental sanctuary.
Richland, Washington
A 1940s nuclear reactor built to produce plutonium for the Manhattan Project.
Fredericksburg, Texas
Modern technology and live displays tell the story of the Pacific during WWII for the Internet generation.
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
This concrete sculpture features a woman opening her heart to showcase a beautiful fern.
Fort Collins, Colorado
Birds with backpacks expedite film development for a rafting company on a remote Colorado river.