Places eapya Wants to Go

Graffiti, cars, and religion combine to create this jungle of scrap in the Nevada desert.

A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.

In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.

Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

All that remains of this abandoned coal town is a beautiful, haunting cemetery.

Some of the Old West's most notorious outlaws frequented this mining town.

Crumbling remnants of what was once a booming town full of silver.

In a largely deserted ghost town, a little brick building recalls its history as a gold rush hub and haven for outlaws.

This museum started as a collection of Manhattan Projects and continues to add exhibits as they are declassified.

Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.

This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.

The official atomic museum of the United States explores the explosive and productive history of a much maligned energy source.

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

The lesser-known lost colony of Roanoke was a safe haven for formerly enslaved people during the Civil War.

North Carolina's only restored fort from the French and Indian War.

The North Carolina grounds are leased in perpetuity to the British Commonwealth for as long as the WWII sailors are buried there.

The scene of the largest surrender of Confederate troops at the end of the American Civil War.

A sign marks the plane crash that caused two nuclear bombs to fall in North Carolina.

The final resting place of the hundreds of bodies originally buried where Badin Lake sits now.

Conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton were stars of the vaudeville circuit.

Mystery surrounds a famous marshal of Napoleon's army.