Historic town settled in the 19th century because of its convenient location along a popular coal transport route.

The remains of a community that was forced to move for a dam that never materialized still rot in this Pennsylvania park.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

Legendary frontman of the Doors looms in this giant mural by famed Venice muralist, Rip Cronk.

Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.

Series of storm drains connected to a dark urban legend.

Infamous marsh filled with toxic waste, World War II-era London rubble, and dead mobsters galore.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

The oldest still-existing mosque in the United States sits in a remote prairie in North Dakota.

A monument to the center of the North American continent may be off by a few miles.

The oldest badlands in North America, Makoshika State Park takes it name from the Lakota words for broken land.

A cemetery housing wild west legends in South Dakota.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

This beautiful ancient site is dotted with perforated sandstone pillars considered sacred by some Native American groups.

This record-setting hydraulic dam in the Montana badlands was one of FDR's most ambitious public works.

Modeled after a famous church in Vienna, Austria—but in Helena, Montana.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

This innocuous New Mexico storefront was once the secret jump-off spot for Manhattan Project scientists.

Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.

This southwest-styled home in Santa Fe claims to be the oldest house in America thanks to an ancient bit of foundation.