Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Elkmont Historic District
An abandoned town is hidden in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
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Gatlinburg, Tennessee
An abandoned town is hidden in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Carthage, Missouri
When he found his hometown was no more, Lowell Davis decided to recreate a "new" ghost town from scratch.
Montreal, Québec
Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.
San Francisco, California
The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.
Poland, Maine
This World's Fair showpiece was built in Chicago, but shipped to Maine.
Montreal, Québec
A swaggering, monumental souvenir of the most extravagant party Montreal’s ever thrown.
Montreal, Québec
A historic Montreal market that was the city's agricultural hub for over century.
Montreal, Québec
Small ship votives hang from the vaulted ceiling of this port-side church with a Latin inscription on the wall.
Montreal, Québec
A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.
Montreal, Québec
Montreal's colorful subway station shows its support of the local LGBT+ community.
Park City, Utah
The largest wildlife crossing in Utah allows local fauna to safely traverse the six-lane Interstate 80 at Parleys Canyon.
Bologna, Italy
A masterpiece of modern architecture that caused quite a stir in Paris, recreated in Bologna half a century later.
Las Vegas, Nevada
This arid landscape was once a lush wetland. Today, it's a paleontological site filled with fossilized mammoths, sabertooth cats, and more.
Astoria, Oregon
The lush coastal city of Astoria is riddled with forgotten secret sidewalks.
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
A local prank turned town icon.
St. Louis, Missouri
In the Compton Hill Reservoir Park sits a statue whose lack of clothing caused a scandal for the group that commissioned it.
Salt Lake City, Utah
In 1952, this restaurant began selling the Colonel's “secret” recipe.
Lehi, Utah
Largest collection of mounted dinosaur specimens in the world.
Lehi, Utah
The extensive collection of an amateur naturalist.
Salt Lake City, Utah
Pyramid home to an obscure religious group that practices modern mummification.
Fillmore, Utah
The only completed wing of Utah's first capitol is filled with artifacts and odd stories about its past.
Cedar City, Utah
A monument to a survivor of harsh pioneer life, frostbite, and primitive surgery.
Trona, California
One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.
Cleveland, Ohio
A wonderful and easily overlooked museum tucked in Ohio's Burke Lakefront Airport.