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42.9614, -89.5073
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52.8631, -102.3887
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36.6603, -115.9947
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Ensenada, Mexico
Hussong's Cantina
A 19th-century Baja cantina that many say is the birthplace of the margarita.
31.8651, -116.6288
Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
The Arch of Cabo San Lucas
A graceful natural rock formation stands astride the point where the Gulf of California meets the Pacific Ocean.
22.8760, -109.8947
River Vale, New Jersey
Stern Plate of the USS Enterprise
The only remaining piece of hull of the most decorated US ship of WWII is this giant name plate.
41.0079, -74.0106
Homestead, Florida
Aerojet Dade Rocket Facility
When this test site was abandoned, they didn't even bother to take the rocket with them.
25.3214, -80.5577
Forneys Creek, North Carolina
Tail of the Dragon
This winding road of 318 curves is a must-visit for (careful) motorcycle and sports car enthusiasts.
35.4740, -83.9210
Townsend, Tennessee
Cades Cove Primitive Baptist Church
This 19th-century building inadvertently preserved the handprints of its builders within its walls.
35.6050, -83.8137
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Elkmont Historic District
An abandoned town is hidden in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
35.6543, -83.5806
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Synchronous Fireflies of the Great Smoky Mountains
For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.
35.6770, -83.4831
Knoxville, Tennessee
The Sunsphere
Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.
35.9617, -83.9232
Cold Spring Harbor, New York
The Whaling Museum
Whale bones, scrimshaw, and sperm oil make up just a part of this comprehensive collection of whaling history.
40.8725, -73.4537
Lloyd Harbor, New York
Seminary of the Immaculate Conception
Now a retreat center for the faithful, it once provided training for clergy—but it began as a farm owned by a famed financier and his opera singer wife, who built a surprise in the backyard.
40.9026, -73.4695
Kings Park, New York
Abandoned Kings Park Psychiatric Center
Beneath the mossy overgrowth covering this once-sprawling campus lies decades of history and the secrets that come with it.
40.8950, -73.2360
Queens, New York
TWA Flight Center at JFK Airport
This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.
40.6458, -73.7776
Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey
Hopper-Zabriskie Cemetery
This crumbling little graveyard was saved from the undergrowth by concerned veterans.
40.9961, -74.1107
Mahwah, New Jersey
Mahwah Museum
This 150-year-old train station and caboose have been turned into a railroad museum, enjoyed by young and old alike.
41.0939, -74.1447
Stony Point, New York
Old Letchworth Village Cemetery
Hundreds of numbered stakes hidden in the woods mark the graves of the lost souls of a nearby asylum.
41.2167, -74.0488
Thiells, New York
Letchworth Village
Decades after testing the polio vaccine on unwitting patients, this historic mental hospital sits in ruin.
41.2124, -74.0235
Haverstraw, New York
The House by the Railroad
This house was the subject of an Edward Hopper painting, which in turn helped inspire the design of the Bates house in Alfred Hitchcock's 'Psycho.'
41.1952, -73.9705
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