Colorado Springs, Colorado
Starr Kempf's Kinetic Sculptures
The moving metal works of one troubled artist can still be viewed on his front lawn... for now.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
The moving metal works of one troubled artist can still be viewed on his front lawn... for now.
Creede, Colorado
This once-popular otherworldly landscape was formed by one of the largest volcanic eruptions in history.
Pomfret, Connecticut
A few stone foundations and an old graveyard are all that is left of this once thriving settlement in the wilds of Connecticut.
Bridgeport, Connecticut
This last stalwart of the now-forgotten feminist restaurant movement served food in an activist atmosphere since 1977.
New Haven, Connecticut
137 graves holding New England's earliest residents.
Hebron, Connecticut
The ruins of an abandoned 18th-century town that is slowly being reclaimed by the forest.
Waterbury, Connecticut
A miniature village lies nearly forgotten in the forest by the side of a major highway.
New Haven, Connecticut
Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.
Hartford, Connecticut
The early American colonists were such ferocious drinkers the law actually required every town to have a tavern.
Avon, Connecticut
This lovely hilltop tower was specifically built to withstand 100 MPH winds.
Pompano Beach, Florida
A tiny twin to Seattle's Fremont troll hides from the Florida sun under the Atlantic Boulevard drawbridge.
New York, New York
One of the last full-orchestra recording studios in New York City and an acoustical marvel.
Bronx, New York
The end of the 4 Line is also the end of the line for 300,000 souls in one of NYC's most illustrious cemeteries.
Washington, D.C.
Bar full of oddities, specimens, artifacts and homages to the great dime museums of the past.
Washington, D.C.
Members of Congress have traveled between the buildings on Capitol Hill for a century hidden from tourists, press, and storm clouds.
Washington, D.C.
A tiny piece of the Moon is embedded in this stained glass masterpiece.
Washington, D.C.
A wondrous old library overlooking the nation's capital.
Washington, D.C.
Enormous piles of historically significant stones, dumped by Congress in a forest, and abandoned for 60 years.
Tunisia
An abandoned film set location for a remote spaceport in a galaxy far, far away hides in the Tunisian desert.
Machynlleth, Wales
Led Zeppelin wrote some of their most iconic songs at this little 18th-century Welsh cottage.
Burnsville, North Carolina
A mountaintop space observatory that is certified dark.
Portland, Oregon
These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.
Ardtalnaig, Scotland
Monty Python fans will recognize this abandoned mine as the Cave of the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog.
Nefta, Tunisia
The original movie set for the home of 'Star Wars' hero Luke Skywalker.