Places cruiserbob Wants to Go

Washington's top-secret Cold War-era doomsday communications tower is located in a small neighborhood park.

Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.

The maximum security facility was once thought to have "the bloodiest 47 acres in America."

The ruins of this long-abandoned unsuccessful gold mine can still be found.

The semi-reclaimed ruins of this canal were once part of an ambitious plan to reroute the mighty potomac.

Collecting 700 years of mechanical death-dealing, the NRA's sprawling gun museum is a revealing testament to the American obsession with armament.

A much-maligned monument to teetotalism.

The remains of Martha, the last known passenger pigeon, serve as a tool to educate about conservation.

An atomic bomb-proof strongbox protects the U.S. Constitution from terrorists and thieves.

Before founding the American Red Cross, Clara Barton had a tremendous humanitarian impact by locating thousands of missing soldiers.

The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.

This huge work of functional public art replaced a landfill in New Jersey's Meadowlands.

Frank Lloyd Wright’s most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.

The site of the little-known Pennsylvania battle that sparked the Seven Years' War.

The house that Frank Lloyd Wright "(shook) out of his sleeve at will" at the age of 86.

Pennsylvania's highest point is spotted with boulders which were pushed to the surface by nothing but cold.

A mostly desolate bar on a remote island hosts hundreds of sailors for a few days each year.

"The Donut" was built as part of an expensive, ill-fated engineering endeavor.

Chevron maintains one “Standard” brand station per state so it doesn’t lose the trademark.

A walkable map of the world, made from soil and stone by one man.

This Minnesota-shaped forest is actually located in the state it is shaped like.

This innocuous New Mexico storefront was once the secret jump-off spot for Manhattan Project scientists.

The ruins of the "20-year town" lay out among the mountains of Alberta.

The only land territory disputed between the U.S. and Canada.