Homestead, Florida
Aerojet Dade Rocket Facility
When this test site was abandoned, they didn't even bother to take the rocket with them.
Places I've been
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Homestead, Florida
When this test site was abandoned, they didn't even bother to take the rocket with them.
Polk City, Florida
The world's largest private aircraft collection.
Lakeland, Florida
A Florida college boasts the world's largest single-site collection of structures designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
Lakeland, Florida
A historical landmark that has been a central hub of entertainment since 1928.
Lakeland, Florida
A towering, steel behemoth that has graced the skyline of Lakeland, Florida since the early 1980s.
Lakeland, Florida
If you ever wanted to own an actual piece of Disney World, this is the place to shop.
Tampa, Florida
This funky outdoor gallery in Florida is filled with whimsical recycled art installations.
Seffner, Florida
An octet of classic chrome trailers speared into the ground act as a tribute to the silver bullets of the open road.
Plant City, Florida
Nearly 200 prehistoric giants lurk among the trees at this theme park.
Gibsland, Louisiana
The Louisiana sandwich shop that served Bonnie and Clyde's last meal is a museum that chronicles the criminal couple and honors the Bienville Parish lawmen who stopped their crime spree in an ambush.
Bowie, Texas
A town pays homage to its namesake.
Dallas, Texas
The final resting place of an outlaw, whose legend grew after death.
San Jon, New Mexico
The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.
Willits, California
A giant fiberglass Muffler Man found new life as a rodeo guardian.
Leggett, California
This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.
Humboldt County, California
One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.
Piercy, California
An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.
San Francisco, California
Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.
Pescadero, California
Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.
Castroville, California
An abandoned boat that's been stranded mysteriously for decades.
Pacific Grove, California
The oldest lighthouse on America's west coast no longer needs keepers, yet they maintain the site anyhow.
Pebble Beach, California
This lonesome Monterey cypress has survived centuries of wind, salt, and at least one attempt at arson.
Monterey, California
Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.
Henderson, Nevada
This former open-pit manganese mine is now a massive graffiti canvas.