Parachute, Colorado
Rulison Nuclear Test Site
The site where a nuclear bomb was lowered over 8,000 feet underground and detonated as an experiment in natural gas extraction.
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Parachute, Colorado
The site where a nuclear bomb was lowered over 8,000 feet underground and detonated as an experiment in natural gas extraction.
Morrison, Colorado
In the middle of a suburban Denver neighborhood is a cave that once provided solace for a prominent Ute chief and his family.
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
This unusual lava tube spouts seawater during high surf.
Meagher, Montana
Mining town from the late 1890s, once home to Calamity Jane.
Sun Valley, Idaho
Despite his legacy of work in Spain, Cuba, and Florida, the larger-than-life writer's grave is a simple affair tucked in an Idaho cemetery.
Mill Run, Pennsylvania
Frank Lloyd Wright’s most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.
Ohiopyle, Pennsylvania
The house that Frank Lloyd Wright "(shook) out of his sleeve at will" at the age of 86.
Peenemünde, Germany
The NASA scientists behind Apollo 11 started out developing Nazi weapons at this abandoned German rocket factory.
Captain Cook, Hawaii
These ancient sacred grounds granted amnesty to those who managed to reach them.
Kealakekua, Hawaii
A controversial memorial at the place where Captain Cook met his violent end.
Nye County, Nevada
The largest man-made crater in the U.S. marks the spot where we once tested mining with nukes.
Groom Lake, Nevada
In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.
Dolores, Colorado
A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.
Prypiat, Ukraine
This attraction was abandoned after the Chornobyl disaster.
Nye County, Nevada
A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.
Vienna, Austria
A small museum filled with over 1,000 clocks, and one particular clock calibrated to run until the year 9999.
Calhan, Colorado
Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.
Winslow, Arizona
This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."
Amesbury, England
Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world
New York, New York
This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.
London, England
Hidden beneath the streets of London is a secret subway that only carried mail.
Daniel Campos, Bolivia
A seemingly endless landscape of pure salt stretches far across Bolivia.
Victoria Falls, Zambia
The world's highest and most dangerous infinity pool lies at the precipice of Victoria Falls.
Page, Arizona
A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.