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This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

This rare tortoise skeleton has been hanging around the downtown Los Angeles museum for over a century.

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

The quiet canyon has a tumultuous history involving a doomsday cult.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

A logging-themed roadside restaurant surrounded by museum-quality machinery and artifacts from the industry's heyday.

This natural marble cave is one of only five national monuments in Oregon.

A volcanic landmark located on an Ice age lake bed.

A volcanic fissure over two miles long and up to 70 feet deep.

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels, scores of people have died on its slopes.

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

The largest wooden building in the world now houses a fascinating collection of aircraft.

Ruins battered by centuries of war and disaster offer a wondrous glimpse of medieval Ireland.

This beautiful site is where the first transatlantic telegraph was sent from.

An Irish town has built a statue to a silent film actor simply thanks to the holidays he once spent there.

An abandoned faux-pub made famous by a Guinness commercial.

An ancient holy well said to be used by the patron saint of sailors and travelers, lost in the boggy west of Valentia Island.

A proud bronze billy stands as an eternal symbol of Ireland's oldest festival, where a goat is made king.

These imposing walls and towers look more like the ruins of a fortress than a monastery.