Nelson, Nevada
Nelson
A mining town once rife with murderous disputes over its copious treasures now creates income as a popular spot for photo shoots.
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Nelson, Nevada
A mining town once rife with murderous disputes over its copious treasures now creates income as a popular spot for photo shoots.
Tonopah, Nevada
Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.
Groom Lake, Nevada
In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.
Beatty, Nevada
Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.
Lincoln, Nebraska
The largest collection of historical roller skates in the world.
Fort Benton, Montana
A small Montana town commemorates the dog who waited at the train station every day for his owner to return.
Red Lodge, Montana
Derelict buildings are all that remain of a complex at the site of one of the worst mining disasters in Montana history.
Ekalaka, Montana
This beautiful ancient site is dotted with perforated sandstone pillars considered sacred by some Native American groups.
West Glacier, Montana
The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.
Bozeman, Montana
See the computer’s history revealed over the course of 20,000 years.
Virginia City, Montana
An entire town preserved as a historic landmark.
Cameron, Montana
A 6-mile-long lake created by an apocalyptic seismic event and the deadly chain reaction that ensued.
Meagher, Montana
Mining town from the late 1890s, once home to Calamity Jane.
Drummond, Montana
This amazingly preserved Gold Rush town is a historian's dream.
St. Louis, Missouri
The first rural cemetery west of the Mississippi is home to the elaborate tombs of St. Louis' local beer barons.
St. Louis, Missouri
An abandoned factory along the Mississippi coated by a giant mural.
Liberty, Missouri
The ruins of a 19th century shelter run by the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
Kirksville, Missouri
Another in a long tradition of legends regarding infernal seats.
Joplin, Missouri
A mysterious light of unknown origin on the backroads of Missouri.
St. Joseph, Missouri
The house where the famed outlaw was shot by a dirty coward is now a museum to the criminal's legacy.
Sedalia, Missouri
This historic cliffside mansion uses a natural cave for air conditioning.
Kansas City, Missouri
This abandoned prison castle has become an imposing gallery of graffiti art.
Jadwin, Missouri
Once an ambitious nature spa, these forest ruins now provide a serene monument to failure.
St. Joseph, Missouri
The history of the treatment of mental illness, illustrated in all its gory detail, and housed in an asylum.