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This cave was hidden for thousands of years, storing the worldly goods of ancient Native Americans.

This tiny cluster of abandoned buildings looks like the future of the ghost town - today!

Eastern zen meets Western grit in these four little trees growing out of a rock on Lake Tahoe’s Nevada shore.

An abandoned cyanide mill is now a haunting magnet for graffiti and illegal parties.

Historic home to one of the most famous women pioneers of the 19th century.

Potential high level nuclear waste storage site for the next 10,000 years and beyond.

Mine your own precious stones.

If you want to take a peek at Area 51, this is legally as close as you're going to get.

Nature's biggest mammal swims in landlocked Oklahoma.

This insurance company building reminds customers that witches, bears, and gnomes are out there, best be insured.

This endearingly discomfited urinating statue commemorates the sneaky pees had by us all.

Crawling into this primordial cave may feel disconcertingly familiar.

The world's northernmost aquarium looks like it has fallen over.

The scene of one of the darkest moments in American labor history has been left essentially untouched since the tragedy.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.

Now abandoned, the first public health hospital in the U.S. saw more than one million immigrants from around the world.

Hidden beneath a bridge, this waterfall is known for the large amounts of graffiti painted on its base.

This monumental Jesus is often referred to as "Our Milk Carton With Arms."

This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.

This New Orleans statue of a portly figure in a goofy hat pays homage to a classic of satirical literature.

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

A remnant of the 19th-century dream to discourage people from drinking booze by offering them water.