Fredericksburg, Texas
National Museum of the Pacific War
Modern technology and live displays tell the story of the Pacific during WWII for the Internet generation.
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Fredericksburg, Texas
Modern technology and live displays tell the story of the Pacific during WWII for the Internet generation.
Langtry, Texas
Once called the Jersey Lilly, this former saloon was the domain of infamous Judge Roy Bean.
Brackettville, Texas
Remembering the Alamo with a full-scale replica of the 1836 city.
Cimarron, New Mexico
A saloon and inn that served the Wild West's most iconic figures—and is still haunted by some of them today.
La Junta, Colorado
The largest dinosaur trackway in North America is tucked away among this canyon's ghosts and archaeological gems.
Ellinwood, Kansas
This historic Ellinwood hotel is also home to underground tunnels that were a popular haunt during Prohibition.
Hays, Kansas
The first graveyard named "Boot Hill" was established in Hays, Kansas, years before better known cemeteries with the same name.
Gallatin, Missouri
This octagonal rotary jail built in 1889 now serves as a visitor's center.
Kansas City, Missouri
The crumbling remains of the first Black-owned and operated hospital in Kansas City.
Smartsville, California
Once the largest town in eastern Yuba County now sits abandoned.
Lead Hill, Arkansas
Twenty-year effort to raise a castle using tools and techniques from the 13th century is now abandoned in the Arkansas woods.
Mountain View, Arkansas
This one-room schoolhouse in rural Arkansas dates to the 1920s, but looks like it could be the 1820s.
Calico Rock, Arkansas
An abandoned early-20th-century boomtown sits within the Calico Rock city limits.
Plattsburg, Missouri
The man who was president for only one day and spent most of it asleep.
Cape Girardeau, Missouri
This former Union fort commands a fine view of downtown Cape Girardeau and the Mississippi River.
Ste. Genevieve, Missouri
A subterranean haunt where wine and homemade biscottis are always on the menu.
Lindsborg, Kansas
This mid-19th-century dugout was once home to a Swedish family as they erected their homestead.
Pleasant Dale, Nebraska
The abandoned remnants of a little sanctuary for world peace that fell into disrepair.
Cawker City, Kansas
Enjoy a tour of oddities and makeshift monsters at this souvenir store with an offbeat sense of humor.
Taylor, Nebraska
This Nebraska town wants to double its population with plywood cut-outs of townsfolk.
Sibley, Iowa
The highest point in Iowa, while not that impressive to mountain states, has earned its own monuments.
Garretson, South Dakota
The ravine where Jesse James supposedly performed an impossible jump to evade capture.
Ames, Iowa
Beating out all other concrete competitors, this massive garden feature's pointy hat has earned it a world record.
Dexter, Iowa
The notorious couple camped at this site after a bloody shootout with police.