Alamogordo, New Mexico
White Sands National Park
Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.
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Alamogordo, New Mexico
Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.
Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.
Keystone, South Dakota
Hidden behind Lincoln's head is a chamber containing enamel plates documenting American history, sealed in a teakwood box in a titanium vault.
Naftah, Tunisia
Buildings from the fictional planet of Tatooine still litter the Tunisian desert.
Nekoma, North Dakota
The remnants of an early American attempt at missile defense.
Angle Inlet, Minnesota
America's silhouette includes 100 square miles of wilderness jutting into Canada thanks to an old mapmaking error.
Point Roberts, Washington
An American city stranded at the tip of a Canadian peninsula where strict adherence to the "49th parallel rule" became problematic.
Suffolk, England
A 550-square-meter micro-nation off the coast of Britain.
Dayton, Nevada
The smallest country in the world.
Los Angeles, California
This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.
Rock, West Virginia
This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.
Sutton, West Virginia
In 1952, a strange encounter in the woods of West Virginia led to the legend of a 10-foot-tall monster with glowing eyes and a distinctive style.
West Windsor Township, New Jersey
A bronze monument to the infamous radio broadcast in the real New Jersey town where the fictional Martians crash-landed.
Brooklyn, New York
An oasis of calm amid the chaos of the boardwalk, the museum traces the heritage of this beloved beachside amusement park.
Queens, New York
This abandoned seaside fortress is now simply an imposing ruin being taken back by nature.
New York, New York
A large boulder marks the place where the island of Manhattan was purportedly "sold" to the Dutch.
New York, New York
The only home that Alexander Hamilton ever owned has a history almost as troubled as his own.
New York, New York
The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.
Chadron, Nebraska
America's largest man-made forest was planted in an effort to bring back the past.
Alliance, Nebraska
An experimental, automotive replica of Stonehenge.
Pittsburg, New Hampshire
An unrecognized nation-state created in the 1820s to avoid taxes.
New York, New York
This ruined fort hidden at the top of Central Park can't seem to keep from losing its historical plaques.
New York, New York
This hidden library of physiological ephemera contains centuries worth of knowledge on the vim and viscera of the human body.