Beatty, Nevada
Rhyolite Ghost Town
Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Beatty, Nevada
Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.
Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.
Santa Cruz, California
A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.
New York, New York
A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.
Beacon, New York
Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.
Devils Tower, Wyoming
The first declared National Monument in the United States.
New York, New York
The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?
Anaheim, California
The hidden jewel of Disneyland: a members only playground for the Disney elite.
Independence Township, New Jersey
This ominously named New Jersey street seems to be attracting over-the-top legends of its own making.
Berkeley Heights, New Jersey
This tiny New Jersey village has lived many lives but seems determined to remain a ghost town.
Hoboken, New Jersey
The remains of a 19th century spring, and the site of an infamous unsolved murder.
Chesterfield, New Hampshire
Ruins of the elaborate house where the enigmatic costume designer threw glamorous parties for New York's theatrical elite.
Beatty, Nevada
Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.
Henderson, Nevada
Originally built as a promotional giveaway, this suburban house was designed to be an IRL version of the Simpson home.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.
Bayard, Nebraska
This erect, phallic geological spire wasn't always named so domestically.
Butte, Montana
High in the Rockies the third largest statue in the U.S. opens her welcoming arms, and lights up the night sky.
Detroit, Michigan
Enormous small-business mecca in the Midwest, serving dozens of artists.
Boston, Massachusetts
Ralph Waldo Emerson spent two years living here decades before it became a Frederick Law Olmsted-designed park.
Hell, Michigan
Hell on Earth is actually a small town in Michigan where anyone can be mayor for a day.
Groton, Massachusetts
On top of Gibbet Hill lie the ruins of a lavish turn-of-the-century estate that never quite came to be.
Bangor, Maine
The eccentric mansion of one of the most popular horror authors of modern times.
Keene Valley, New York
The summit Roosevelt conquered before he descended to become The Chief.
Chicago, Illinois
A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.