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The wild west is still alive and well at this authentic mining town watering hole.

An eatery for UFO seekers on the Extraterrestrial Highway.

Graffiti, cars, and religion combine to create this jungle of scrap in the Nevada desert.

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.

Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

Mysterious meeting place for UFO hunters near Area 51.

One of the most scenic falls in Massachusetts has a history of death and grim legend.

Legend has it the mill owner's daughter, Mary Musgrove, helped a Patriot soldier hide behind these falls.

A historic blockhouse and trading post give a glimpse into the early colonial history of South Carolina.

This scenic Maryland park was the site of one of the worst prison camps of the Civil War.

The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.

The park preserves a single, rare species of carnivorous plant that spells doom for unsuspecting insects.

Over 100 million years ago, beach-bound dinosaurs left permanent marks on San Antonio's landscape.

An abandoned network of military bunkers and tunnels open for anyone willing to descend into the darkness.

Located within a historic park, the beacon is the oldest standing structure in Miami.

This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.

Surprisingly aquamarine waters fill deep lakes formed at the end of the last ice age.

The eerie ruins of a remote abandoned hamlet said to be founded by the survivors of a shipwreck.

This natural wonderland is a unique chance to explore a Carolina bay, a mysterious geological formation of unknown origin.

According to local lore, this narrow passageway through two large rocks was accidentally created by the devil himself.