Nagasaki, Japan
Gunkanjima Island
Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.
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Nagasaki, Japan
Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.
Nagasaki, Japan
A sobering scientific reminder of the human damage caused by the advent of the nuclear age.
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.
Chattanooga, Tennessee
The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.
Groton, Connecticut
This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.
Stonington, Connecticut
Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.
Preston, Connecticut
Underground tunnels remain beneath this abandoned mental asylum.
Groton, Connecticut
The US Navy's only submarine museum is also home to the world's first nuclear submarine.
Kaneohe, Hawaii
A Hawaiian stairway to heaven—that you can't climb.
Pāhoa, Hawaii
Watch the newest land on the planet form before your eyes.
Morgantown, West Virginia
A well-preserved relic of the industrial age steel and iron works that dotted West Virginia.
Moundsville, West Virginia
The largest burial mound in the United States holds the remains of prehistoric West Virginians.
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.
Fayetteville, West Virginia
One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
These rows of World War II-era bunkers were the scene of some of the infamous Mothman sightings.
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.
Alexandria, Minnesota
America's largest viking stands in a Minnesota city that believes it was visited by the ancient nords.
Alexandria, Minnesota
14th century Norse artifacts in Northwestern Minnesota could have proved a Viking landing before Columbus.
Jacksonville, Florida
Must form and function forever remain at odds? Not if the Florida Department of Transportation has its way.
Celebration, Florida
Electrical pylon in the shape of Disney's beloved mouse.
Flagler Beach, Florida
The ruins of this antebellum sugar plantation are the end result of a Seminole attack during the Florida Wars of 1836.
Kansas City, Missouri
A piece of John the Baptist in the American heartland.
Port Orange, Florida
Where serial killer Aileen Wuornos drank her last beer.
Ponce Inlet, Florida
The third tallest lighthouse in America once guided author Stephen Crane to safety.