Central City, Colorado
Nevadaville Ghost Town
This deserted Gold Rush town is home to a Masonic lodge that, strangely enough, still holds meetings.
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Central City, Colorado
This deserted Gold Rush town is home to a Masonic lodge that, strangely enough, still holds meetings.
Nederland, Colorado
Inspired by a music box, a small town Vietnam vet carved an entire carousel full of animals by hand.
Nederland, Colorado
One of the few surviving Panama Canal steam shovels stands outside a tiny Colorado mining museum.
Fort Collins, Colorado
This dynamic entertainment venue brings a much-needed funkiness to the region with its bizarre art, eclectic films screenings, and peculiar performance pieces.
Fort Collins, Colorado
Birds with backpacks expedite film development for a rafting company on a remote Colorado river.
Chugwater, Wyoming
A small Wyoming town is home to the state's oldest-operating soda fountain.
Cheyenne, Wyoming
The only retired U.S. nuclear missile silo that is open to the public.
Buford, Wyoming
One of the smallest towns in the United States.
Red Feather Lakes, Colorado
A collection of fading fantasy tchotchkes lines this dirt road in the Colorado wilderness.
Johannesburg, California
The liveliest ghost town in the state.
Randsburg, California
This impressive tunnel was dug entirely by hand over the course of 36 years.
Twentynine Palms, California
While you're unlikely to find riches here these days, this remote mine is a time capsule of the Gold Rush era.
Nelson, Nevada
This famous Nevada gold mine, once a hotbed of Wild West shenanigans, is now open for tours.
San Bernardino County, California
A volcanic tunnel illuminated by natural skylights offers a shaded respite from the desert sun.
Ludlow, California
One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.
Amboy, California
The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.
Boulder, Colorado
This now-abandoned outcrop is an important Native American spiritual site, overtaken by European settlers and mining pollution.
Bellvue, Colorado
The wreckage of a World War II bomber is hidden high in the Colorado wilderness.
Chicago, Illinois
These abandoned grain silos and tunnels are an urban exploration dream.
Edgewood, Iowa
Chilly air billows out from the entrance of an abandoned mine on a steep hillside, providing a refuge for Ice Age fauna and flora.