Jadwin, Missouri
Welch Spring Hospital Ruins
Once an ambitious nature spa, these forest ruins now provide a serene monument to failure.
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Jadwin, Missouri
Once an ambitious nature spa, these forest ruins now provide a serene monument to failure.
Camdenton, Missouri
European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.
Ponca City, Oklahoma
A larger-than-life monument to the overlooked women who braved Western expansion and broke down societal barriers.
Chelsea, Oklahoma
This historic folk art garden contains a nightmare tower that claims to be the world's largest concrete totem pole.
Spiro, Oklahoma
Where hills of dirt conceal the burial ground of one of the most powerful ancient Native American societies.
Little Rock, Arkansas
A beautiful South Korean gate and garden in Little Rock honors American Taekwondo.
South West City, Missouri
Three markers installed over the course of 140 years mark the point where Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma converge.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.
Durham, North Carolina
This too-low North Carolina railroad trestle is still a notorious big rig executioner.
Greensboro, North Carolina
This North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.
Asheville, North Carolina
The U.S. Supreme Court's secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of North Carolina.
Claremont, North Carolina
A historic covered bridge, only one of two remaining in North Carolina.
Pisgah Forest, North Carolina
Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?
Hendersonville, North Carolina
These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.
Elmira, New York
All that remains of one of the Civil War's more deadly POW camps is a simple flagstone.
Stillwater, New York
A monument to the military service of America's greatest traitor refuses to even name him.
New York, New York
Hordes of precariously balanced stone figures crowd the shores of the Hudson River.
New York, New York
Monument to a forgotten NYC disaster that claimed the lives of 1,000.
Lake George, New York
This lovely little pond is named after the hundreds of soldiers' corpses that were rolled into the waters during the French-Indian War.
Rochester, New York
The gravestone of the suffragist leader attracted extra visitors during the 2016 election.
New Paltz, New York
This stone gatehouse was once the entrance to a historic mountain resort, and it had a cameo in a cheesy cult horror movie.
Ticonderoga, New York
A perfect replica of the beloved show's first set.
New York, New York
Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.
Niagara Falls, New York
Toxic waste disaster that founded the Superfund program.