Knob Noster, Missouri
Whiteman Minuteman Missile Site
The only remaining Cold War–era Minuteman II missile control center in Missouri.
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Knob Noster, Missouri
The only remaining Cold War–era Minuteman II missile control center in Missouri.
Queens, New York
This abandoned seaside fortress is now simply an imposing ruin being taken back by nature.
Chatsworth, California
Abandoned anti-ballistic missile base.
Gaithersburg, Maryland
Three abandoned missile silos are hiding in plain sight behind a suburban development in Maryland.
Green Valley, Arizona
America's only nuclear missile silo open to the public.
Saranac, New York
Secluded amid upstate New York’s Adirondack Mountains lies this subterranean emblem of a nation on the brink of nuclear war. And it's for sale.
Athens, Greece
This building displays the scars of the “Dekemvriana,” a dark time in modern Greek history.
Cimarron, New Mexico
A saloon and inn that served the Wild West's most iconic figures—and is still haunted by some of them today.
Estes Park, Colorado
Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."
La Grande, Oregon
A haunted hot springs hotel that went from healing retreat to asylum before it was restored.
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
This haunted hotel built on natural springs once served as a hospital for a quack doctor promising a cure for cancer.
Rapid City, South Dakota
One of America’s oldest and spookiest hotels, thanks to the residency of ghosts, dead presidents, and Alfred Hitchcock.
Savannah, Georgia
An early-19th-century hotel with a past that is steeped in the Civil War.
Lima, Peru
Visiting dignitaries and Hollywood stars once stayed at this 1920s hotel, alongside ghosts that are said to haunt its corridors.
Tonopah, Nevada
Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.
Tonopah, Nevada
In the middle of a remote desert town is a surprisingly opulent hotel.
Argyll and Bute, Scotland
Nestled amid the peaks and lochs of the Scottish Highlands, this inn and pub has played host to outlaws and ghosts.
Rye, England
This centuries-old hotel hides a network of secret cellars and passages once used by smugglers.
Monrovia, California
This bizarre hotel on historic Route 66 has been plagued by rumors of paranormal activity.
San Diego, California
L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.
Garden Island, Australia
The sullen remains of vessels abandoned in the Port Adelaide River.
Chornobyl, Ukraine
The biblical sculpture honors those who lost their lives, homes and communities to the Chernobyl disaster.
Prypiat, Ukraine
The dining hall that nourishes workers in Chornobyl's Exclusion Zone is also open to visitors.
Lindsborg, Kansas
The oldest house in Lindsborg, Kansas, includes some fascinating inscriptions.