Hot Springs, South Dakota
Mammoth Site
This prehistoric sinkhole lured exclusively male mammoths to their death, much to the delight of science.
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Hot Springs, South Dakota
This prehistoric sinkhole lured exclusively male mammoths to their death, much to the delight of science.
Riverside, Iowa
A place of great reverence for Trekkies everywhere, a hero's future birthplace.
Tuscumbia, Alabama
You'll need cowboy boots to trek to this old-fashioned saloon nestled in a giant natural cave.
Ticonderoga, New York
A perfect replica of the beloved show's first set.
Washington, D.C.
The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.
New York, New York
Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.
Jersey City, New Jersey
Hidden in plain sight on the Hudson River is an abandoned train station where nature has taken over.
Sleepy Hollow, New York
The real-life site of Ichabod Crane's infamous gourd attack.
Tarrytown, New York
One of the earliest bowling lanes in the U.S. doubled as a sewing school during a time when women had little job opportunity.
Beacon, New York
Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.
Rhinebeck, New York
What was once a trend-setting, phrase-coining icon of architectural splendor is now a rotting, forgotten hulk.
Red Hook, New York
A living antique aviation museum in the historic town of Red Hook, New York.
Red Hook, New York
A nearly 100-year-old dining car in upstate New York embodies the golden age of roadside dining.
Woodstock, New York
A once grand hotel is being retaken by the wilderness it once capitalized on.
Catskill, New York
The abandoned ruins of America's first private zoo are open for exploration in the Catskills.
Hudson, New York
A small Second Empire-style building is one of only seven remaining lighthouses on the Hudson River.
Troy, New York
This stained glass window designed by Tiffany Studios is hidden behind the circulation desk of a public library.
Troy, New York
This relic of 19th-century infrastructure is one of the few remaining coal gas storage tanks in the U.S.
Detroit, Michigan
The bones of an old zoo crumbling in the shadow of a new one.
Detroit, Michigan
The Beaux-Arts aquarium boasts a vast collection of saltwater and freshwater fish on an island in the Detroit River.
Dearborn, Michigan
Little did a museum know, they possessed the last-known lunch wagon in existence.
Wolcott, New York
This elegant structure at the heart of a Finger Lakes town was originally a drinking fountain.
Sodus, New York
A deteriorating 1990s Girl Scout camp in a beautiful lush park on Lake Ontario.
Boise, Idaho
When in Idaho, sleep in a giant potato.